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September 14, 2006
Paraguay, Senegal, Kingdom of Lesotho, Republic of Zambia, The Republic Moldova, Sweden, Scotland, Algeria, Guam, Pakistan, Taiwan, Mongolia, Barbados, Dominica.
August 5, 2006
Honduras, Chile, Peru, Malawi, Cameroon, Sri Lanka,
May 17, 2006 Cyprus and Northern Cyprus have been added. March 17, 2006 The following countries have recently been added or updated: Uganda, Bangladesh, Russia, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Austria, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Ukraine, Israel, United States, Brazil, Malaysia, and the Philippines. March 13, 2006 The following countries have recently been added or updated: Nepal, Costa Rica, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay. March 6, 2006 The following countries have recently been added or updated: Belarus, Cambodia, China, Cuba, Egypt, Ghana, Guyana, Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, and Suriname. February 27, 2006This major section of our award-winning website will always be evolving because Dr. John is always walking to train youth (see also USA Teens). Eventually, it will hold exciting content, including video clips and photos of the trainings and the PeerCorps volunteers' selfless work. Five new countries will be added every month. In mid-February 2006, the following seven countries will be posted: Suriname, Costa Rica, Panama, Ukraine, Belarus, Uganda, and Cambodia. |
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UNAIDS figures 2005 [our notes] |
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Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan
Africa has just over 10% of the world's population, but is home to more
than 60% of all people living with HIV-25.8 million.
In
2005, an estimated 3.2 million people in the region became newly
infected, while 2.4 million adults and children died of AIDS.
Asia
In
2005, some 8.3 million people were living with HIV in Asia, including
1.1 million people who became newly infected in the past year. AIDS
claimed some 520,000 lives in 2005
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The number of people living with HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia reached an estimated 1.6 million in 2005.
Around
62,000 adults and children died of AIDS-related illnesses in 2005 and
some 270,000 people were newly infected with HIV. Around 75% of the
reported infections between 2000 and 2004 were in people younger than
30 years (in Western Europe, the corresponding figure was 33%).
Caribbean
The
AIDS epidemic claimed an estimated 24,000 lives in the Caribbean in
2005, making it the leading cause of death among adults aged 15-44
years.
A total of 300,000 people are currently living with HIV in the region, including 30,000 people who became infected in 2005.
Latin America
The number of people living with HIV in Latin America has risen to an estimated 1.8 million.
In
2005, approximately 66,000 people died of AIDS, and 200,000 were newly
infected. Among young people 15-24 years of age, an estimated 0.4% of
women and 0.6% men were living with HIV in 2005.
North America, Western and Central Europe [interesting combination?]
The
number of people living with HIV in North America, Western and Central
Europe rose to 1.9 million in 2005, with approximately 65,000 people
having acquired HIV in the past year.
Wide availability of antiretroviral therapy has helped keep AIDS deaths comparatively low, at about 30,000 in 2005.
Middle East and North Africa [a good combination]
The
advance of AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa has continued with
latest estimates showing that 67,000 people became infected with HIV in
2005.
Approximately
510,000 people are living with HIV in the region. An estimated 58,000
adults and children died of AIDS-related illnesses in 2005.
Oceania [could Japan be considered Oceania An
estimated 74,000 people in Oceania are living with HIV. Although less
than 4,000 people are believed to have died of AIDS in 2005, about
8,200 are thought to have become newly infected with HIV.
Among young people 15-24 years of age, an estimated 1.2% of women and 0.4% of men were living with HIV in 2005. |
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