A Kenyan AIDS patient displays her dosage of ARVs in Nairobi, 2006.
REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
AIDS in Africa
Last reviewed: 03-12-2008
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA'S BIGGEST KILLER
KEY FACTS
| People in sub-Saharan Africa with HIV/AIDS | 22 million (UNAIDS, 2008) |
| Proportion of HIV-positive population which is female | 60 percent (UNAIDS, 2008) |
| Total number of Africans killed by AIDS | Over 22 million (World Bank, 2007) |
| Number of Africans killed by AIDS in 2007 | 1.5 million (UNAIDS, 2008) |
| Number of children in sub-Saharan Africa who have lost one or both parents to AIDS | 11.4 million (UNAIDS, 2008) |
| Countries with more than 20 percent adults (aged 15-49) infected include: | Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UNAIDS, 2008) |
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