About HIV

‘HIV infection is a worldwide epidemic – a pandemic – affecting people everywhere. The spread of HIV infection has occurred on such a scale, and the impact of the disease is potentially so devastating to world health, that only a concerted, global response is appropriate. This was acknowledged in 1996, when six United Nations organisations took the innovative step of joining forces to form the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Since then, UNAIDS has taken a leading role in reviewing and communicating the epidemiology of HIV infection. Each year UNAIDS provides best estimates on worldwide HIV prevalence, incidence and mortality, to help direct the effort to prevent the spread of the virus and care for those living with infection.’

UNAIDS website with the latest HIV epidemiology data :  Click here