Friday, 03 February 2012
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February 7th, 2012 - National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is a national HIV testing and treatment community mobilization initiative targeted at Blacks in the United States

 

 

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International HIV/AIDS Statistics PDF Print E-mail
  • In 2007, 33 million people were living with HIV/AIDS globally.
  • The annual number of new HIV infections declined from 3.0 million in 2001 to 2.7 million in 2007.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa has been hardest hit by HIV, accounting for 67% of people living with HIV/AIDS and 72% of all AIDS deaths in 2007 even though only 11-12% of the global population lives in this region. 59% of those with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa are women.
  • After Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean is the second hardest hit region with an adult prevalence of 1.1%. Outside of Sub-Saharan Africa, HIV has had disproportionate affect on injecting drug users, men who have sex with men and sex workers.
  • Since 2001, there has been a 130% increase in people living with HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. With an estimated 1.5 million people living with HIV/AIDS, heterosexual sex and injecting drug use are the primary modes of transmission.
  • Globally, young people, age 15-24, account for 45% of all new HIV infections. Women represent half of all people living with HIV/AIDS, and men who have sex with men (MSM) are 19 times more likely to be infected with HIV than the general population.
Selected Sources:
 
UNAIDS. 2008 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic. 2008.
 
amfAR. Special Report: MSM, HIV, and the Road to Universal Access- How Far Have We Come?. 2008