World AIDS Day 1998

Force for Change:

World AIDS Campaign with Young People

Of the 30 million people alive today with HIV infection or AIDS, at least a third are young people aged 10-24. Overall, young people account for at least 50% of all those who become infected after infancy; in some countries the figure exceeds 60%. But population percentages tell only part of the story. This year's World AIDS Day observance invites all of us to become a force for change.

Along with others throughout the world, United Methodists observe World AIDS Day. These pages provide both general AIDS resources in addition to worship and other spiritual resources.

Resources from UNAIDS

AIDS epidemic update (365,295 bytes pdf) London, 24 November 1998
(A PDF file requires the Adobe Acrobat ® Reader)
MS Word97 document. (326,144 bytes).
AIDS in Africa, An UNAIDS Fact Sheet (November 1998)
HIV infection in Eastern Europe: Since 1995, the former Soviet Union.Belarus, Moldova, the Russian Federation and Ukraine have all registered astronomical growth in HIV infection rates. .
Force for Change: World AIDS Campaign with Young People.
Background for the 1998 Theme.
Campaign Goal and objectives: This framework document outlines the overall goal and objectives of the campaign and serves as a guide for action..

Spiritual Resources

General Links

1998 World AIDS Day Packet (550,000 bytes)
(This is a PDF file which requires the Adobe ® Acrobat ® Reader).
Trends in the USA HIV and AIDS Epidemic 1998.
UNAIDS: The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.

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Links on this page enable visitors to find additional information. Not all external WWW sites will have materials consistent with the official policies and statements of the General Board of Global Ministries or The United Methodist Church. Only General Conference speaks for The United Methodist Church. The UNAIDS resources on this site are not official United Methodist material; they are provided as important information pertaining to this annual event.