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It would be difficult to share all the information about HIV and AIDS on the site.

However, it is important to convey the magniture of the situation so that you understand how it effects you.

Below are a small sample of sites that provide information about the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Statistics - World

Below are statisics provided by a number of organizations. This is just a sample of information readily available. Please examine the information here and continue educating yourself at their sites.

  • A total of 4.3 million new infections in 2006 with 2.8 million or 65 percent of these occurring in sub-Saharan Africa and important increases in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where there are some indications that infection rates have risen by more than 50 percent since 2004.

  • In 2006, 2.9 million people died of AIDS-related illnesses.



    • SOURCE: World Health Organization. HIV surveillance, estimations and monitoring and evaluation.

  • The following graph shows the incidence of adults (aged 15+) and children living with HIV/AIDS as of 2007. Over two-thirds of all cases (67.7 percent) are in Sub-Saharan Africa

    AIDS chart

    SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation. Facts at a Glance. Regional/Global HIV/AIDS Statistics.

  • More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981.

  • Africa has 12 million AIDS orphans.

  • At the end of 2006, women accounted for 50 percent of all adults living with HIV worldwide, and for 61 percent in sub-Saharan Africa.

  • Young people (under 25 years old) account for half of all new HIV infections worldwide.

  • In developing and transitional countries, 7.1 million people are in immediate need of life-saving AIDS drugs; of these, only 2.02 million or about 28 percent are receiving the drugs.

    • SOURCE: Avert. Worldwide HIV/AIDS Statistics. The latest statistics on the world epidemic of AIDS & HIV were published by UNAIDS/WHO in November 2007, and refer to the end of 2007.