"If I just give you the numbers--that 2.4 to 3.2 million people will die this year [of AIDS-related illnesses]--you won't understand the magnitude. We need to try to relate things in a common way," he said.
"Think back to a time when you were in high school," he told the audience. "Say there are 30 students in your class. Visualize the classroom, then divide it in two-thirds."
Attaran paused.
"Those two-thirds are the people who are going to die," he said. "That is the picture of AIDS in Africa."
The AIDS epidemic in Africa is particularly devastating to children, Attaran said.
A child born in Zambia today is more likely than not to die of AIDS, Attaran told the silent auditorium.
"This is the single largest pandemic since the Black Plague," he said.
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