AIDS: Fewer People Being Infected, Fewer People Dying
23 November 2010
A new report from UNAIDS says significant progress is being made against HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. The findings are contained in the 2010 report on the global AIDS epidemic.
The latest report shows the number of newly infected people in sub-Saharan Africa fell in 2009 to about 1.8 million. That compares to around 2.2 million in 2001.
It also says in 22 sub-Saharan countries, the number of new infections declined by more than 25 percent between 2001 and 2009. This includes four of the five countries with the largest HIV epidemics – namely Ethiopia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Strategy working
Paul De Lay, UNAIDS deputy executive director, says, “This report clearly demonstrates that with confidence and conviction we have broken the trajectory of the AIDS epidemic. Fewer people are becoming infected with HIV and fewer people are dying from AIDS.”
Overall, it’s estimated 33-million people worldwide are living with HIV/AIDS – the vast majority in sub-Saharan Africa.
“New HIV infections have fallen by nearly 20 percent in the last 10 years. AIDS-related deaths have fallen by nearly 20 percent in the last five years,” says De Lay, adding, “At least 56 countries that have sufficient data for study have stabilized or significantly slowed down the rate of new HIV infections.”
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