Links to further resources provide some of the basic facts about HIV, AIDS, ARVs and generic medicines. We have also included links to some other websites that provide additional information about HIV and AIDS.
HIV Statistics Worldwide
- Over 22 million people have died from AIDS.
- Over 33 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, and 74 percent of these infected people live in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Over 19 million women are living with HIV/AIDS.
- By the year 2010, five countries (Ethiopia, Nigeria, China, India, and Russia) with 40 percent of the world's population will add 50 to 75 million infected people to the worldwide pool of HIV disease.
- There are 14,000 new infections every day (95 percent in developing countries). HIV/AIDS is a "disease of young people" with half of the 5 million new infections each year occurring among people ages 15 to 24.
- The UN estimates that, currently, there are 14 million AIDS orphans and that by 2010 there will be 25 million.
Data from WHO and UNAIDS |
