Changes in the HIV epidemic
Since it’s foundation in 1993, the Alliance has grown and developed to meet the challenges of AIDS. In that time, the number of people living with HIV has more than doubled and, despite the best efforts of many, continues to rise. Young people (15-24 year-olds) account for nearly half of all new HIV infections.
Today in developing countries, less than 40% of adults have accurate and comprehensive knowledge of HIV prevention. Only one in three pregnant women living with HIV receives drugs to prevent mother-to-child transmission. Only a third of those in need have access to antiretroviral treatment.
Over 25 million have died from AIDS since the first cases were identified in 1981 – two million in 2007 alone. AIDS has killed one or both parents of an estimated 12 million children in sub-Saharan Africa, and many of these orphans are not properly cared for. Our vision of a world where people do not die of AIDS remains a distant one.
