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Regional/Global HIV/AIDS Statistics

Region	Adults (aged 15+) and children living with HIV/AIDS, 2007	New HIV infections among adults (aged 15+) and children, in 2007	Adult (aged 15-49) prevalence (%), 2007	Adult (aged 15+) and child deaths due to AIDS, in 2007
Sub-Saharan Africa	22.0 million	1.9 million	5.0%	1.5 million
South/Southeast Asia	4.2 million	330,000	0.3%	340,000
Eastern Europe/Central Asia	1.5 million	110,000	0.8%	58,000
Latin America	1.7 million	140,000	0.5%	63,000
North America	1.2 million	54,000	0.6%	23,000
East Asia	740,000	52,000	0.1%	40,000
Western/Central Europe	730,000	27,000	0.3%	8,000
Middle East/North Africa	380,000	40,000	0.3%	27,000
Caribbean	230,000	20,000	1.1%	14,000
Oceania	74,000	13,000	0.4%	1,000
Global	32.9 million	2.7 million	0.8%	2.0 million

Source

UNAIDS/WHO, 2008 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, July 2008

Women, Children, Young People and HIV/AIDS

Region	Percent of adults (age 15+) living with HIV/AIDS who are women, 2007	Children (<15) living with HIV/AIDS, 2007	Prevalence (%) among young women (15-24), end 2007	Prevalence (%) among young men (15-24), end 2007
Sub-Saharan Africa	59%	1.8 million	3.2%	1.1%
South/Southeast Asia	37%	140,000	0.5%	0.3%
Eastern Europe/Central Asia	31%	12,000	0.1%	0.9%
Latin America	32%	44,000	0.2%	0.7%
North America	21%	4,400	0.7%	0.6%
East Asia	27%	7,800	<0.1%	<0.1%
Western/Central Europe	27%	1,300	0.2%	0.2%
Middle East/North Africa	54%	26,000	0.3%	0.1%
Caribbean	50%	11,000	0.4%	0.5%
Oceania	30%	1,100	0.2%	0.3%
Global	50%	2.0 million	0.6%	0.4%

Sources

UNAIDS/WHO, 2008 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, July 2008
UNAIDS, Core Slides: Global Summary of the HIV and AIDS Epidemic, 2007, July 2008

Antiretroviral Coverage

Antiretroviral (ARV) Coverage in low- and middle-income countries: Percent on ARVs (of those who need them) as of December 2007
Sub-Saharan Africa	30%
Latin America and the Caribbean	62%
Europe and Central Asia	17%
North Africa and the Middle East	7%
East, South and Southeast Asia	25%
Total*	31%

* For a breakdown of WHO regions, please see the List of WHO Member States by Region and Mortality

Source

WHO, Towards Universal Access: Scaling Up Priority HIV/AIDS Interventions in the Health Sector, Progress Report, June 2008

Funding for HIV/AIDS

Funding for HIV/AIDS
Estimated spending for HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support in low- and middle-income countries, public and private sources, 2007	$10.0 billion*(1)
Estimated funding needed to scale-up HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support services in low and middle-income countries to achieve “universal access” by 2010	$30 billion in 2009, $42 billion in 2010 (1)**
Total pledged (paid) to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria to date, payable through 2010 (from all donors)	$20.2 billion ($10.9 billion) (2)
U.S. government funding for HIV/AIDS (global and domestic), FY 2008	$23.3 billion (3)
U.S. government funding for HIV/AIDS in low- and middle- income countries, FY 2008	$5.8 billion*** (3)
U.S. President's budget request for HIV/AIDS funding (global and domestic), FY 2009	$24.1 billion (4)
U.S. President's budget request for HIV/AIDS funding in low and middle-income countries, FY 2009	$5.9 billion*** (3)

* Includes domestic (government) spending, estimated out-of-pocket spending by directly affected individuals and their families, and funding from bilateral donors, multilateral agencies, and the private sector.

** UNAIDS will be updating these funding estimates to reflect new revisions to HIV/AIDS epidemiological data.

*** Includes prevention, care and research combined and the full contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, which includes funding for TB and malaria.

Sources

(1) UNAIDS, Financial Resources Required to Achieve Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support, September 2007
(2) The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, Pledges and Contributions, as of July 2008
(3) Kaiser Family Foundation, U.S. Federal Funding HIV/AIDS: The FY 2009 Budget Request, April 2008

U.S. HIV/AIDS Statistics

U.S. HIV/AIDS Statistics
People living with HIV/AIDS, U.S., 2006	1.1 million
People newly infected with HIV, U.S., 2006	56,300
African Americans as a proportion of new AIDS diagnoses in the U.S. (and their percentage of the U.S. population), 2006	49% (12%)
Latinos as a proportion of new AIDS diagnoses in the U.S. (and their percentage of the U.S. population), 2006	19% (15%)
Whites as a proportion of new AIDS diagnoses in the U.S. (and their percentage of the U.S. population), 2006	30% (66%)

Sources

Kaiser Family Foundation, Fact Sheet: The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the U.S.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Census Bureau

What factors make women more vulnerable to HIV infection?

A combination of biological, social, cultural and economic factors contribute to women's increased vulnerability. In particular, gender inequalities prevent women from asserting power over their own lives and controlling the circumstances that increase their vulnerability to infection. Women are also physiologically more susceptible to becoming infected with HIV than men.

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