Facts and figures
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Global figures, regional figures, statistics on testing, gender, treatment and funding.
Global Totals (Source: UNAIDS ‘Global Facts and Figures’ December 2008):
• 33 million - people living with the virus worldwide.
• 2.7 million - people newly infected in 2008 alone
• 2 million - AIDS related deaths in 2008.
Regional Totals (Source: UNAIDS ‘Global Facts and Figures’ December 2008)
|
People living with HIV |
New infections 2007 |
AIDS deaths 2007 |
|
|
Sub-Saharan Africa |
22 million [20.5 – 23.6 million] |
1.9 million [1.6– 2.1 million] |
1.5 million [1.3 – 1.7 million] |
|
South and South-East Asia |
4.2 million [3.5 – 5.3 million] |
330 000 [150 000 – 590 000] |
340 000 [230 000 – 450 000] |
|
East Asia |
740 000 [480 000 – 1.1 million] |
52 000 [29 000 – 84 000] |
40 000 [24 000 – 63 000] |
|
Latin America |
1.7 million [1.5 – 2.1 million] |
140 000 [88 000 – 190 000] |
63 000 [49 000 – 98 000] |
|
North America |
1.2 million [760 000 – 2 million] |
54 000 [9600 – 130 000] |
23 000 [9100 – 55 000] |
|
Western and Central Europe |
730 000 [580 000 – 1 million] |
27 000 [14 000 – 49 000] |
8000 [4800 – 17 000] |
|
Eastern Europe, Central Asia |
1.5 million [1.1 – 1.9 million] |
110 000 [67 000 – 180 000] |
58 000 [41 000 – 88 000] |
|
Carribean |
230 000 [210 000 – 270 000] |
20 000 [16 000 – 25 000] |
14 000 [11 000 – 16 000] |
|
Middle East and north Africa |
380 000 [280 000 – 510 000] |
40 000 [20 000 – 66 000] |
27 000 [20 000 – 35 000] |
|
Oceania |
74 000 [66 000 – 93 000] |
13 000 [12 000 – 15 000] |
1000 [<1000 – 1400] |
|
Total |
33 million [30.3 – 36.1 million] |
2.7 million [2.2 – 3.2 million] |
2 million [1.8 – 2.3 million] |
Nearly three quarters of all deaths resulting from AIDS occur in sub-Saharan Africa.
Testing
In 2009 the median percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status was below 40% in Sub Saharah Africa (WHO, 2010).
Gender
- 60% - The percentage of people living with HIV worldwide aged 15-24, who are women.
- In sub-Saharan Africa this figure rises to 75% (UNIFEM).
Treatment
|
December 2008 |
December 2009 |
|
|
Number of adults and children receiving antiretroviral therapy |
4 053 000 |
5 254 000 |
|
Antiretroviral therapy coverage among adults and children Based on 2010 WHO guidelines (treatment initiation at CD4 cell count <350 cells/mm3) Based on 2006 WHO guidelines (treatment initiation at CD4 cell count <200 cells/mm) |
28% [26–31%] 42% [38–48%] |
36% [33–39%] 52% [47–58%] |
|
Antiretroviral therapy coverage among children less than 15 years of age |
22% [16–34%] |
28% [21–43%] |
|
Percentage of pregnant women living with HIV receiving antiretroviral drugs to prevent mother-to-child transmission |
45% [37–57%] |
53% [40–79%] |
Funding
- UNAIDS estimates that US$23.6 billion was needed to address the epidemic in low- and middle- income countries in 2009. That suggests a growing gap of US$7.7 billion between available resources and need, according to UNAIDS estimates.
- In 2009, donor governments disbursed US$5.9 billion bilaterally and earmarked funds for HIV through multilateral organizations, as well as an additional US$1.6 billion to combat HIV through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and US$123 million to UNITAID.
For further information visit:
http://www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/HIVData/GlobalReport/2008/2008-gr-mediakit.asp
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