An estimated 22.4 million adults and children were living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa at the end of 2008.During that year, an estimated 1.4 million Africans died from AIDS. Around 14.1 million children have lost one or both parents to the  epidemic.

statictics done by: DATA:
• Number of people living with HIV:  [1600000 - 1900000]
• Adults aged 15 to 49 prevalence rate:  [7.1% - 8.3%]
• Adults aged 15 and up living with HIV:  [1400000 - 1700000]
• Women aged 15 and up living with HIV: [900000 - 1100000]
• Children aged 0 to 14 living with HIV: [140000 - 170000]
• Deaths due to AIDS: [90000 - 110000]
• Orphans due to AIDS aged 0 to 17: [1100000 - 1300000]

Poverty,disease, AIDS, war and famine are contributing to the increasing growth of orphaned children. HIV/AIDS is the fastest growing cause. Estimates of the rising number of orphans are alarming. This increase in orphans is resulting inan enormous global child-care crisis. In a joint study titled Children on the Brink 2002 by UNICEF, UNAIDS and USAID the worldwide orphan population under the age of 15 is projected to reach 106 million by 2010. 

25 million of the 106million will be orphaned due to HIV/AIDS.  Every fifteen seconds, another person age15-24 becomes infected with HIV/AIDS