New HIV cases drop by 19% in the decade

• April 25, 2024

Cases of AIDS infection maintained a global decline during 2009. It is estimated that 2.6 million of individuals contracted the virus, which represents a fifth part of the contemplated in 1999 , according to the UNAIDS annual report.

AIDS has claimed the lives of approximately 30 million people since it appeared in the human race, at the beginning of the 1980s.

The report prepared by the UN agency and the World Health Organization estimates that 60 million people have been infected by the virus, of which, 3.3 million people are still alive .

1999 It was a crucial year, as the epidemic reached its peak with 26.2 million infected . So the number of new infections has fallen 19% approximately.

"We can be proud of these advances and of what the common future holds for us," said the executive director of UNAIDS Michel Sidibé.

Worldwide

Latin America It has 1.4 million people with HIV, which represents a prevalence of the epidemic among adults of 0.5%.

According to estimates, 36 thousand minors Central America and of the South they live with HIV, against the 30 thousand who did it in 2001.

The number of new infections counted in 2009 in the Latin American region was 92 thousand, while in 2001 they were 99 thousand.

Sub-Saharan Africa it is the most affected, more than two thirds (67%) of the population has HIV. In 2009, 72% of the deaths were due to AIDS.

In 2009 Swaziland It was still the most infected country in the world, 25.9% of the adult population has HIV.

In Asia , 4.9 million people live with the virus, a figure that has remained controlled in 5 years. While in Central and South America, the percentage of affected people remained stable in the last decade.

The report highlights that in the Latin American region there is good coverage of antiretroviral treatment .

On the other hand, in Eastern Europe and Central Asia , the number of new infections, equivalent to 1.4 million, has tripled between 2000 and 2009. Russia and Ukraine concentrate about 90% of new cases.

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