In sub-Saharan Africa, the number of people newly infected with HIV fell from 2.2 million [1.9 million–2.4 million] people in 2001 to 1.8 million [1.6 million–2.0 million] in 2009.
The total number of people living with HIV in North America and Western and Central Europe grew from an estimated 1.8 million [1.6 million–2.0 million] in 2001 to 2.3 million [2.0 million–2.7 million] in 2009—an increase of 30%.
On 12 January 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, killing an estimated 217 000 people, injuring approximately 300 000 and displacing over 1 million, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. An estimated half a million people have been forced to leave the capital, Port-au-Prince, and migrate to other departments not directly affected by the quake.
UNAIDS fact sheet about HIV treatment: How does HIV treatment – or antiretroviral (ARV) therapy - work in someone who is HIV positive? What is treatment adherence and why is it important? What are the side-effects of HIV treatment? How can ART prevent mother to child transmission of HIV? Is there a cure for HIV?
Based on the country-defined targets for 2010, it is estimated that an investment of US$ 25 billion will be required for the global AIDS response in 2010. (See Fig. 1)
At the end of 2008, an estimated US$ 13.7 billion was made available for the global AIDS response – a 21% increase above the $11.3 billion for AIDS in 2007.
What is a HIV test? How long after possible exposure should I wait to be tested for HIV? Why should I get a HIV test? Where can I get tested? Are my test results confidential? What do I do if I have HIV? What does it mean if I test negative for HIV?
UNAIDS has put together a set of fact sheets to explain the different steps India went through. This is the second fact sheet which explains the methodology behind the estimates.
India’s National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) has recently completed a complex process of data collection and analysis, in order to produce revised estimates on India’s AIDS epidemic.
In June 1981, scientists in the United States reported the first clinical evidence of a disease that would later become known as acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome or AIDS. Twenty five years later, the AIDS epidemic has spread to every corner of the world. Around 40 million
people are today living with HIV and over 25 million have died of AIDS. But 25 years of struggle to control the epidemic have also yielded a
growing list of breakthroughs.
There are thirteen Fact Sheets, covering major topics of importance on the care of people living with HIV/AIDS. The Fact Sheets are written so that they can be used individually or together. The target audience for the Fact Sheets is nurses and midwives, which means that, though they are written in a style which is easy to understand, they do contain detailed information about nursing care and some medical matters. They might therefore need some additional explanatory material if they are to be used with other health workers.