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OVERVIEW

Country situation analysis

UNGASS

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Epidemiological Fact Sheet on HIV and AIDS, 2009

HIV AND AIDS ESTIMATES (2009)

Number of people living with HIV: 320,000 [300,000 - 350,000]
Adults aged 15 to 49 prevalence rate: 24.8% [23.8% - 25.8%]
Adults aged 15 and up living with HIV: 300,000 [280,000 - 330,000]
Women aged 15 and up living with HIV: 170,000 [160,000 - 190,000]
Children aged 0 to 14 living with HIV: 16,000 [9,900 - 20,000]
Deaths due to AIDS: 5,800 [2,300 - 14,000]
Orphans due to AIDS aged 0 to 17: 93,000 [71,000 - 120,000]

Botswana Contacts

Evaristo Marowa: UNAIDS country coordinator; Telephone: + (267) 395 21 21; Fax: + (267) 393 12 43; Email: MarowaE@unaids.org