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Globally, some 35.3 million are living with HIV/AIDS, World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 36 million people have died since the first cases were reported in 1981 and 1.6 million people died of HIV/AIDS in 2012. [1]
New infections 2020 (per year) Adult HIV Incidence Rate 2021 [35] (per 1000 people) AIDS-related deaths in 2020 AIDS-related deaths in 2021 [35] People accessing treatment People receiving Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) 2021 [35] Prevalence of those receiving ART 2021 [35] Eastern and southern Africa 20.6 million 20.6 million 6.2 670,000 2.39 ...
As of September 30, 2024, PEPFAR supported antiretroviral treatment for 20.6 million people worldwide including 566,000 children verses the 20.47 million people worldwide on treatment in 2023. [37] [36] In 2024, PEPFAR supported 2.5 million people newly enrolled on PrEP to prevent HIV infection. [36]
In 2021, 36,136 people were newly diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, compared to 37,832 diagnosed in 2018. [1] 67% of 2021 diagnoses were among men who have sex with men (MSM), 56% were among American early adolescents and young adults between the ages of 13 and 34, 40% were from the African-American population, and 7% were intravenous drug users. [1]
Between the first time AIDS was readily identified through 2024, the disease is estimated to have caused at least 42.3 million deaths worldwide. [5] In 2023, 630,000 people died from HIV-related causes, an estimated 1.3 million people acquired HIV and about 39.9 million people worldwide living with HIV, 65% of whom are in the World Health ...
The International AIDS Conference (abbreviated AIDS 2012, AIDS 2014 and so on) is the world's most attended conference on HIV and AIDS, and the largest conference on any global health or development issue in the world. [7] First convened during the peak of the AIDS epidemic in 1985, they were held annually until 1994 when they became biennial.
This concept of three-drug therapy was quickly incorporated into clinical practice and rapidly showed impressive benefit with a 60% to 80% decline in rates of AIDS, death, and hospitalization. [2] It would also create a new period of optimism at the 11th International AIDS Conference that was held in Vancouver that year. [128]
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is a Los Angeles-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and advocacy services. [4] As of 2024, AHF operates about 400 clinics, 69 outpatient healthcare centers, 62 pharmacies, and 22 Out of the Closet thrift stores across 16 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and 47 countries, with over 5,000 employees, and ...