AIDS BY THE NUMBERS

The pace of progress in reducing new HIV infections, increasing access to treatment and ending AIDS-related deaths is slowing down. See the latest data on HIV.

1.5
MILLION
people were newly infected with HIV in 2021
38.4
MILLION
people were living with HIV in 2021
650
THOUSAND
people died of AIDS-related illnesses in 2021
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The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) unites the efforts of 11 UN organizations—UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, UNDP, UNFPA, UNODC, UN Women, ILO, UNESCO, WHO and the World Bank

 

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UNAIDS is guided by a Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) comprising representatives of 22 governments from all geographic regions, the UNAIDS Cosponsors and five representatives of nongovernmental organizations, including associations of people living with HIV.

 

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Justice is never given, it is won: How Eastern Caribbean activists developed the successful...
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UNAIDS Country Director in Nigeria shares how lessons from the AIDS response apply to the Monkeypox response
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23 August 2022
UNAIDS responds to EU approval of a long acting HIV treatment option: “To end AIDS, share technology.”
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22 August 2022
UNAIDS welcomes the repeal of the law that criminalized LGBT people in Singapore
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A model for serving key populations from Haiti
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International Youth Day 2022: creating a world for all ages
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