Facts About HIV/AIDS in 2015: World AIDS Day

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World AIDS Day 10 Facts About HIV/AIDS in 2015
By hiv4LIFE
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World AIDS Day Be Positive About HIV World
AIDS Day on December 1 is used to unite people in
the fight against HIV, the human immunodeficiency
virus first identified in 1984, to show their
support for people living with HIV and
commemorate those who have died. The member
countries of the United Nations agreed in
September in a new set of global goals to end the
AIDS epidemic by 2030.
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HIV/AIDS Facts

• Globally about 36.9 million people are living
  with HIV including 2.6 million children.
• An estimated two million were infected in 2014.
• An estimated 34 million people have died from HIV
  or AIDS, including 1.2 million in 2014.
• The number of adolescent deaths from AIDS has
  tripled over the last 15 years .

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HIV/AIDS Facts

• AIDS is the number one cause of death among
  adolescents in Africa and the second among
  adolescents globally.
• In sub-Saharan Africa, the region with the
  highest prevalence, girls account for seven in 10
  new infections among those aged 15-19.
• At start of 2015, 15 million people were
  receiving antiretroviral therapy compared to one
  million in 2001.

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HIV/AIDS Facts

• Despite widespread availability of HIV testing,
  only an estimated 51 of people with HIV know
  their status
• The global response to HIV has averted 30 million
  new HIV infections and nearly 8 million deaths
  since 2000
• In 2015, Cuba was the first country declared to
  have eliminated mother-to-child transmission of
  HIV.

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