People World Wide: HIV/AIDS

Click the answer button to see the correct answer. How does AIDS affect people all over the world? What kind of personal or family or world problems could AIDS cause? Read each sentence and choose an answer. Click on your choice to see the correct answer. The information on this quiz comes from UNAIDS.

There are probably ___ million people in the world today (1999) with HIV/AIDS.
a. 20
b. 16
c. 47
d. 2.5
During 1998, _______ adults became infected with the HIV virus.
a. 20,800,000
b. 12,000,000
c. 5,200,000
d. 2,000,000
During 1998, _______ children became infected with the HIV virus.
a. 2,500,000
b. 5,000,000
c. 320,000
d. 980,000
Among adults, during 1998, _______ young people (ages 15-24) became infected with the HIV virus.
a. 2,500,000
b. 5,000,000
c. 320,000
d. 590,000
In the whole world, there are about ______ children and young people (under 25) who become infected with HIV every day.
a. 85
b. 850
c. 8,500
d. 85,000
Even though a child may not be infected with the HIV virus, the child's mother may have AIDS. More than ______ children under 15 have lost their mothers to AIDS by the end of 1997. (Their mothers have died from AIDS.)
a. 8,000
b. 80,000
c. 800,000
d. 8,000,000
About ______ of the people who became infected with the HIV virus in 1998 are women.
a. one-fifth
b. three-fifths
c. one-half
d. one-third
About ninety percent of the children whose mothers have died of AIDS live in _______ .
a. Asia
b. the US
c. Africa
d. Europe
The newest medicine for helping someone with HIV/AIDS might cost as much as ___ a year.
a. US$10
b. US$200
c. US$2,000
d. US$20,000
In the poorest countries, the government can spend about ___ per person for public health.
a. US$10
b. US$200
c. US$2,000
d. US$20,000

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