Steady progress in the fight against AIDS
People living with HIV and AIDS
It is estimated that 3.4 million people with HIV and AIDS infected in 2008, one in the same period of last year's increase of 330.000. Although this may seem disappointing at first glance, it really is true that people are living longer shows, it becomes infected. ,, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director Paul dray "We continue to pop one in serious but stable 'said. It is estimated that 60 million people are infected, because the Human Immunodeficiency Virus 20th century for the first time in 80 years have been identified.
Death
There were two million people died of AIDS in 2008. More than 70 percent of deaths in sub-Saharan Africa continues. AIDS deaths peaked in 2004 when in 2.2 million deaths and 10 percent fell. It is estimated that 2.5 million people died because of HIV-AIDS virus have been identified 25 years ago.
TREATMENT
"Now is the moral obligation to continue treatment," said Tegueste Guerma, Director, Department of HIV / AIDS World Health Organization. An estimated 2.9 million lives saved by antiretroviral treatment was established in 1996.
Maternity
AIDS remains the leading cause of death among women of childbearing age worldwide. In 2008 it is estimated that 45 percent of pregnant women with HIV-AIDS treatment received, the transmission of the virus to prevent their babies by 35 percent over a year earlier. Last year, approximately 14.1 million children in Africa lost one or both parents to AIDS. "But the number of AIDS orphans has been reduced, because the parents are living longer," said Dr. Guerma.
People living with HIV and AIDS
It is estimated that 3.4 million people with HIV and AIDS infected in 2008, one in the same period of last year's increase of 330.000. Although this may seem disappointing at first glance, it really is true that people are living longer shows, it becomes infected. ,, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director Paul dray "We continue to pop one in serious but stable 'said. It is estimated that 60 million people are infected, because the Human Immunodeficiency Virus 20th century for the first time in 80 years have been identified.
Death
There were two million people died of AIDS in 2008. More than 70 percent of deaths in sub-Saharan Africa continues. AIDS deaths peaked in 2004 when in 2.2 million deaths and 10 percent fell. It is estimated that 2.5 million people died because of HIV-AIDS virus have been identified 25 years ago.
TREATMENT
"Now is the moral obligation to continue treatment," said Tegueste Guerma, Director, Department of HIV / AIDS World Health Organization. An estimated 2.9 million lives saved by antiretroviral treatment was established in 1996.
Maternity
AIDS remains the leading cause of death among women of childbearing age worldwide. In 2008 it is estimated that 45 percent of pregnant women with HIV-AIDS treatment received, the transmission of the virus to prevent their babies by 35 percent over a year earlier. Last year, approximately 14.1 million children in Africa lost one or both parents to AIDS. "But the number of AIDS orphans has been reduced, because the parents are living longer," said Dr. Guerma.
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