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2. Around 69% of these live in Sub-Saharan Africa. Poverty, lack of education and gender inequality are among the principal contributory factors to the spread of HIV.
3. Women accounted for 50% of all adults living with HIV worldwide, and for 61% in Sub-Saharan Africa.
4. 2.5 million people became newly infected with HIV in 2007.
5. Young people (under 25 years old) account for half of all new HIV infections worldwide.
6. There are 2.5 million children around the world living with HIV.
7. 2007 saw 2.1 million deaths from AIDS- a high global total, despite antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, which reduced AIDS-related deaths among those who received it. The number of deaths peaked around 2005, and has since declined only slightly.
8. In developing countries, around 7 million people are in immediate need of life-saving drugs. Of these, only about 2 million are receiving treatment.
9. There are about 4000 people in Ireland living with HIV.
10. The number of people testing positive for HIV continues to escalate annually, to the extent that at least one person is diagnosed HIV positive in Ireland every day.
The latest statistics on the world epidemic of HIV & AIDS were published by UNAIDS/WHO in November 2007 and refer to the end of 2007.
Sources: www.avert.org, www.dublinaidsalliance.com
