Bangkok — The AIDS epidemic has made 15 million children around the world orphans,
according to a report released July 13 at the XV International AIDS
Conference under way in Bangkok.
The report, entitled "Children on the Brink 2004," found that the number
of children who have lost either one or both parents to the disease has
leapt significantly in just two years, from 11.5 million in 2001 to 15
million in 2003. The report was prepared jointly by the U.N. Children's Fund
(UNICEF), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
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