40.3 Million With HIV

Posted on November 21, 2005

HIV continues to spread according to a new UN report. There are now over 40 million people with HIV. The BBC reports that the worst areas are still in Africa, specificially Sub-Saharan Africa.

Overall, the report says more than 3m people died of Aids-related illnesses in 2005. Of these, more than 500,000 were children.
The report says Sub-Saharan Africa is still hardest hit by HIV/Aids.
Two thirds of the people living with HIV - 25.8m - are in this area.
In 2005, 2.4m people in Sub-Saharan Africa died of an HIV-related illness, and a further 3.2m were infected with the virus.

The UN report also said HIV infections are climbing in Eastern Europe and Central and East Asia. 5 million people were infected with HIV in 2005 alone. The BBC has a map that shows the spread of HIV around the world. A copy of the reports and additional AIDS information can be found on the UNAIDS website.