Here are some facts about AIDS in 2015 with data from the World Health Organisation, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF, and UNAIDS: Globally about 36.9 million people are living with HIV including 2.6 million children An estimated 2 million were infected in 2014 An estimated 34 million people have died from HIV or AIDS, including 1.2 million in 2014 The number of adolescent deaths from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years AIDS is the number one cause of death among adolescents in Africa and the second among adolescents globally In sub-Saharan Africa, the region with the highest prevalence, girls account for 7 in 10 new infections among those aged 15-19 At start of 2015, 15 million people were receiving antiretroviral therapy compared to 1 million in 2001 Despite widespread availability of HIV testing, only an estimated 51 percent of people with HIV know their status The…
Facts and figures about AIDS