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Global facts and figures - AIDS Count
- A total of 39.5 million people were living with HIV in 2006 (2.6 million more than in 2004). The number of new infections in 2006 rose to 4.3 million in 2006 (400, 000 more than in 2004).
- Sub-Saharan remains the most affected region in the world. Two thirds of all people
living with HIV live in this region––24.7 million people in 2006. Almost three quarters of
all adult and child deaths due to AIDS occurred in sub-Saharan Africa––2.1 million of the
global 2.9 million deaths due to AIDS.
- The number of people living with HIV increased in every region in the world in the past
two years. The most striking increases have occurred in East Asia and in Eastern
Europe and Central Asia, where the number of people living with HIV in 2006 was over
one fifth (21%) higher than in 2004.
- Globally and in every region, more adult women (15 years or older) than ever before are
now living with HIV. The 17.7 million women living with HIV in 2006 represent an
increase of over one million compared with 2004.
- Access to treatment and care has greatly increased in recent years. Through the
expanded provision of antiretroviral treatment, an estimated two million life years were
gained since 2002 in low and middle income countries.
- The centrality of high risk behaviour (such as injecting drug use, unprotected paid sex
and unprotected sex between men) is especially evident in the HIV epidemics of Asia,
Eastern Europe and Latin America.
- Although the epidemics also extend into the general populations across the world, they
remain highly concentrated around specific populations groups.
Regional Statistics
| |
People living with HIV |
New infections 2006 |
AIDS deaths 2006 |
Adult (prevalence %) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |
24.7 million |
2.8 million |
2.1 million |
5.9% |
| South and South East Asia |
7.8 million |
860,000 |
590,000 |
0.6% |
| East Asia |
750 000 |
100,000 |
43,000 |
0.1% |
| Latin America |
1.7 million |
140,000 |
65,000 |
0.5% |
| North America |
1.4 million |
43,000 |
18,000 |
0.8% |
| Western & Central Europe |
740 000 |
22,000 |
12,000 |
0.3% |
| Eastern Europe & Central Asia |
1.7 million |
270,000 |
84,000 |
0.9% |
| Middle-East & North Africa |
460,000 |
68,000 |
36,000 |
0.2% |
| Caribbean |
250,000 |
27,000 |
19,000 |
1.2% |
| Oceania |
81,000 |
7,100 |
4,000 |
0.4% |
| Total |
39.5 million |
4.3 million |
2.9 million |
1% |
Prevention
There are more new HIV infections every year than AIDS-related deaths and as more people become infected with HIV, more people will die of AIDS-related illnesses. Worldwide, less than one in five people at risk of becoming infected with HIV has access to basic prevention services. Across the world, only one in eight people who want to be tested are currently able to do so. Scaling up available prevention strategies in 125 low- and middle-income countries would avert an estimated 28 million new infections between 2005 and 2015, more than half of those that are projected to occur during this period and would save US$ 24 billion in associated treatment costs. Simultaneous scaling up of both prevention and treatment would avert 29 million new infections by the end of 2020.
Treatment
According to the latest UNAIDS/WHO ‘3 by 5’ data, more than 1.6 million people living with HIV were receiving ARV therapy in low and middle income countries as of June 2006. This represents more than a four fold-increase since December 2003. Overall,
antiretroviral therapy coverage in low and middle income countries increased from 7% at the end of 2003 to 24% in June 2006.
| Geographical region |
Est. no. of people receiving ARV therapy, June 2006 |
Est. no. of people needing ARV therapy, 2005 |
ARV therapy coverage, June 2006 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |
1,040,000 |
4,600,000 |
23% |
| Latin America & Caribbean |
345,000 |
460,000 |
75% |
| East, South & South East Asia |
235,000 |
1,440,000 |
16% |
| Europe and Central Asia |
24,000 |
190,000 |
13% |
| Middle East & North Africa |
4,000 |
75,000 |
5% |
| Total |
1,650,000 |
6.8 million |
24% |
Note: Some numbers do not add up due to rounding
Source: AIDS Epedemic Update December 2006, UNAIDS
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