Today is World AIDS Day. It marks an internationally recognised event aimed at raising awareness about HIV and AIDS around the world. Across the globe, the event is commemorated in a multitude of ways, collectively symbolised by the wearing of red ribbons, a sign of support for those living with HIV.
1. World AIDS Day
Status of the Global Epidemic
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2. AIDS was first recognised in 1981 in the US
Genetic research indicates that HIV originated in Africa
during the late 1800s and is thought to have arrived
into the Western Hemisphere from Haiti in the late
1960s.
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3. Since then the prevalence of AIDS has increased
dramatically...
33.4 million people are living with HIV worldwide
2.1 million are children under 15
There were 2.7 million new cases of HIV in 2008
2 million people died from HIV and AIDS in 2008
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4. Since its initial recognition AIDS is believed to have killed
25 million
people
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5. People living with HIV around the world
Eastern Europe
and Central Asia
1.5 million Latin America
1.7 million
Sub-Saharan Africa
22 million N.America
and West Europe
Asia 2 million
5 million
Oceania
74,000
Middle East and
North Africa
380,000
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6. Number of new cases in 2007
N.America and
West Europe
81,000
Oceania
13,000
Sub-Saharan Africa
Eastern Europe
1.9 million
and Central Asia
110,000
Asia
Latin America
380,000 140,000
Middle East and
North Africa
40,000
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7. Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region most heavily affected by HIV
67% of those living with HIV 75% of AIDS deaths occur
live in Sub-Saharan Africa in Sub-Saharan Africa
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8. The number of children living with HIV has been steadily increasing
1990: 250,000 children
2000: 1,450,000 children
2007: 2,100,000 children
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9. There were over 7,400 new HIV infections a day in 2008
1200 cases 48% were 97% were in low and
were children women middle income
countries
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10. Total annual resources available for AIDS
In 1987 total resources EC 0.5%
equalled just $59 million UN 2%
Global Fund 7%
$8.9 billion Foundations 6%
2007
Bilaterals 33%
Domestic Public & Private 52%
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11. Treatment is becoming more universal, with coverage doubling in
2 years
15%
had access to antiretrovial
33%
had access to antiretrovial
therapy in 2005 therapy in 2007
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12. The world currently possesses the means to prevent new HIV
infections, reduce HIV-related illness and death, and mitigate the
epidemic’s harmful effects on households, communities, and
societies.
Yet, there is no annual research update on the subject and
the National Institutes of Health, perhaps the best hope of curing
AIDS, has been underfunded for almost a decade.
A cure for AIDS could save the lives of millions of people around
the world. Too many lives have been lost and devastated already.
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