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Globally
-Around 37 million people are living with HIV/AIDS. That’s nearly the entire population of Canada.
-Around 35 million people have died from HIV/AIDS since the start of the epidemic. That’s the same as the entire population of Morocco.
-Nearly 1 million people died from AIDS-related illnesses in 2017. That’s more than 2,500 people dying from AIDS-related causes every day.
-AIDS is the number 1 killer of women under 50.
-Nearly 1,000 young women are infected with HIV every day. That’s 40 women every hour.
-Only about half of children living with HIV/AIDS are receiving treatment. Last year, 180,000 children were infected with HIV during birth or breastfeeding — the first time that new pediatric infections have not fallen since they peaked in 2002.
Sub-Saharan Africa
-Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for nearly 65% of new infections globally. 1.2 million people were infected with HIV in the region in 2017.
-Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for over 70% of deaths globally. Over 650,000 people died in the region in 2017.
-282,000 young women (age 15-24) were infected with HIV in 2017 – that’s over 750 a day.
-Young women in sub-Saharan Africa are twice as likely to be infected with HIV than young men.
The good news
-Globally, more than 21 million people were receiving lifesaving treatment at the end of 2017, up from 11 million in 2012. That’s a 91% increase.
-In sub-Saharan Africa, 14.6 million people were receiving lifesaving treatment at the end of 2017, up from 7.7 million in 2012. That’s a 90% increase.
-Globally, 1.8 million people became infected with HIV in 2017 – down from 2 million in 2013. That’s a 10% decrease.
-In the last 15 years, the cost of antiretroviral treatment for one person has dropped from US$10,000 a year to US$75 a year — an all-time low.