Over 40 million people around the world are living with HIV or AIDS.
Just under 14,000 new cases of HIV infections occur every single day.
95 per cent of all AIDS cases occur in the world's poorest countries.
Over 4 million people were infected with HIV in 2006.
3 million people died from AIDS-related illnesses in 2006 - that's more than 8,000 deaths a day.
Biggest fallacies: Country with the largest number of AIDS cases - 5.7M - is somewhere in Africa. The answer is India.
AIDS is a homosexual disease. Most cases are from unsafe drug use or hetrosexual contact.
Biggest long term hope: an AIDS vaccine
Best news today: Bill Clinton, the guy who is giving a good run at Jimmy Carter's best ex-president status, just negotiated a deal with two Indian pharmaceutical companies who agreed to cut the prices of HIV and AIDS treatment for children, making the lifesaving drugs far more accessible worldwide.

It's not fixed and we need to put more smart minds to work to solve it.

Gillian Parrillo
The Sacramento Executive