Saturday, March 13, 2010

MDG#6 - Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria & Other Diseases


The above video highlights Millennium Development Goal #6 - Combating HIV/AIDS, Malaria in Developing Countries.

"9 out of 10 people with HIV live in developing countries...and most can't afford the drugs they need for survival and often die from secondary illnesses, especially Tuburculosis."

World leaders from around the globe have come together in an effort to make vaccines, bed nets for malarial infections and other drugs more readily available for those in developing countries.

To learn more watch the following video posted on YouTube.

- Tiffanie Depew

SOURCE: YouTube & End Poverty 2015