HIV/AIDS: a present and future threat to human capacity and global competitiveness

Within the last two decades over 60 million people have been infected with HIV/AIDS. In the U.S. AIDS is the leading cause of death between the age of 25 and 44 years old. At the end of 2001, the United Nations estimated that 40 million people around the globe live with HIV/AIDS and 5 million people were infected during 2001. AIDS is affecting the global economy equal to the entire economy of Australia or India. The only avoidance of HIV/AIDS impact is prevention. Organizations must take an active role in the education of populations if the impact is to be reduced.