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- Our work
- Targets and commitments
- 2011 Political Declaration: Targets and elimination commitments
- Reducing sexual transmission
- Preventing HIV among drug users
- Eliminating new HIV infections among children
- 15 million accessing treatment
- Avoiding TB deaths
- Closing the resource gap
- Eliminating gender inequalities
- Eliminating stigma and discrimination
- Eliminating travel restrictions
- Strengthening HIV integration
- 2011 Political Declaration: Targets and elimination commitments
Reliable data on the epidemics in the Middle East and North Africa remain in short supply, creating difficulty in tracking recent trends with confidence. Nonetheless, according to available evidence, the number of new HIV infections in the region increased from 36 000 in 2001 to 75 000 in 2009 bringing the number of people living with HIV in the region to an estimated 460 000 at the end of 2009. Epidemics in the region are typically concentrated among injecting drug users, men who have sex with men, and sex workers and their clients.
2012 UNAIDS World AIDS Day Report
UNAIDS launched on 20 November the 2012 global report on the AIDS epidemic and the 2012 World AIDS Day report which outlines some significant progress made in the AIDS response in recent years.
Fact sheet
This fact sheet shows the latest epidemiological trends and key regional dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa.
Fact sheet (UNAIDS, 2012)
Key publications
HIV vulnerabilities faced by women migrants: From Bangladesh to the Arab states (UNDP, 2008)
Countries in this region
UNAIDS Regional Support Team
- Renu Chahil-Graf
- Director a.i., Regional Support Team for Middle East and North Africa
Press centre
- 20 May 2013
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General Secretariat of the League of Arab States and UNAIDS to work toward an accelerated HIV response in the Arab Region. More
- 27 September 2012
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African leaders embrace shared responsibility and call for innovative solutions to accelerate the response to AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. More