Advisory Board July 24, 2024
Deaths from AIDS-related illnesses have declined over the past 20 years, and for the first time, last year the majority of new HIV infections occurred in countries outside sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new report from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
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Key findings
According to the report, there were 39.9 million people in the world living with HIV, and of those nearly 40 million people, almost a quarter — 9.3 million — are not receiving life-saving treatments. This means a person dies from AIDS-related causes every minute.
However, AIDS-related deaths have declined significantly in recent years. The report found that around 630,000 people...