Source:
http://www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/HIVData/EpiUpdate/EpiUpdArchive/2009/default.asp
Latest epidemiological trends – UNAIDS 2009
- Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region most heavily affected by HIV worldwide, accounting for over two thirds (67%) of all people living with HIV and for nearly three (72%) of AIDS-related deaths in 2008.
- An estimated 1.9 million [1.6 million–2.2 million] people were newly infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa in 2008, bringing to 22.4 million [20.8 million–24.1 million] the number of people living with HIV.
- In 2008, more than 14 million children in sub-Saharan Africa had lost one or both parents to AIDS.
- Sub-Saharan Africa’s epidemics vary significantly from country to country—with most appearing to have stabilized, although often at very high levels, particularly in Southern Africa.
- The nine countries in southern Africa continue to bear a disproportionate share of the global AIDS burden—each of them has an adult HIV prevalence greater than 10%
This section is being updated (2010)