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Sub-Saharan Africa continues to bear a disproportionate share of the global HIV burden
An estimated 22.5 million people living with HIV resided in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2009, representing 68% of the global HIV burden.
About 34% of all people living with HIV resided in the 10 countries of southern Africa in 2009.
With an estimated 5.6 million HIV positive people, South Africa continues to have the world’s largest HIV epidemic.
Swaziland has the highest adult HIV prevalence in the world: an estimated 25.9% of people in the country were living with HIV in 2009.
HIV epidemics in the region are stable or declining
In sub-Saharan Africa, the number of people newly infected with HIV fell from 2.2 million people in 2001 to 1.8 million [1.6 million – 2.0 million] in 2009.
In 22 countries of sub-Saharan Africa, the HIV incidence rate declined by more than 25% between 2001 and 2009
Among the five countries in sub-Saharan Africa with the largest HIV epidemics, four- Ethiopia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe – reduced new HIV infections by more than 25% between 2001 and 2009, while Nigeria’s HIV epidemic stabilized.
National HIV prevalence in Kenya fell from about 14% in the mid-1990s to 5% in 2006. Since 2001, HIV prevalence in Uganda has stabilized between 6.5% and 7%. In Rwanda, HIV prevalence has been approximately 3% since 2005.
HIV prevalence in West and Central Africa remained relatively low in 2009, at or under 2% in 12 countries.
AIDS- related deaths are declining in the region
In 2009, nearly 37% [34% - 40%] of adults and children in sub-Saharan Africa who were medically eligible for antiretroviral therapy received it, compared to just 2% seven years earlier.
Treatment scale-up is saving lives: between 2004 and 2009, AID-related deaths decreased by 20% in sub-Saharan Africa.
HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths are declining among children
In southern Africa, the number of children under 15 who became newly infected with HIV fell from 190,000 in 2004 to 130,000 in 2009 –a 32% reduction.
In 2009, 54% of pregnant women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa received antiretroviral drugs to prevent transmission of HIV to their children –up from 15% in 2005.
Women are disproportionately impacted by HIV
The vulnerability of women and girls to HIV remains particularly high in sub-Saharan Africa; about 76% of all HIV-positive women in the world live in this region.
In nearly all countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the majority of people living with HIV are women, especially girls and women aged 15-24. In South Africa, HIV prevalence among women aged 20-24 is approximately 21%, compared to about 7% among men in the same age range.
Source: UNAIDS
Last Updated on Wednesday, 07 December 2011 12:03
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