Recent studies show the rate of new infections has more than doubled in the past four years.
The National Centre for Disease Control estimates that 40,000 Americans are infected with HIV each year and, altogether, more than 400,000 have died. Participants of Sunday's demonstration want to increase awareness of the fact that AIDS hasn't gone away. And it is in fact more serious than ever in the developing world. I think that is what this is all about. Of the 36 million people worldwide infected with HIV, roughly 26 million live in Africa.