Getting to Zero: HIV by the numbers

• 25 million: number of deaths caused by HIV/AIDS since 1981
• 2.5 million: number of HIV-related deaths averted by antiretroviral treatment (ART) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) since 1995
• 34 million: number of people living with HIV worldwide at the end of 2010
• 3.4 million: number of children under 15 years living with HIV
• 68%: percentage of HIV-positive persons living in sub-Saharan Africa
• 2.7 million: number of new HIV infections worldwide in 2010, a 21% decrease from 1997
• 50%: worldwide percentage of HIV-infected persons who aware of their status
• 96%: reduction in sexual transmission of HIV between serodiscordant partners with antiretroviral therapy observed in the HPTN052 trial

• 61%: percentage of new HIV infections in the United States occurring among men who have sex with men (MSMs) as of 2009
• 44%: percentage of new HIV infections in the United States occurring among Blacks as of 2009
• 2%: Adult HIV prevalence in Baltimore city in 2009; adult HIV prevalence in Haiti in 2009
• 5%: Adult HIV prevalence in Baltimore zip code 21205, directly northeast of the Johns Hopkins medical campus, in 2009; adult HIV prevalence in Gabon in 2009
• 37.5%: HIV prevalence among MSMs in Baltimore city; the proportion of new HIV infections among MSMs in Baltimore has increased to nearly the same levels as in 1985
• 76.9%: percentage of HIV-infected MSMs in Baltimore city who are unaware of their status
• 312: Median CD4 count at HIV diagnosis in the Baltimore-Towson metropolitan area (current guidelines recommend initiating ART at CD4 counts 350-500)
• 6,411: Number of HIV-positive people in the United States currently on AIDS drugs assistance program (ADAP) waiting lists

• 6.65 million: number of HIV-infected people currently receiving ART in low- and middle-income countries
• 3.3 million: number of people currently receiving ART through Global Fund grants
• $2.2 billion: unfulfilled pledges to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
• 2: number of countries (USA and UK) that have honored their pledges to the Global Fund

• ZERO: number of new grants that will be awarded by the Global Fund for the next two years in response to budget shortfall; UNAIDS goal by 2015 (0 new infections, 0 discrimination, 0 AIDS-related deaths)

The Buck Stops Here

A recent blog post at the Center for Global Development highlights a shortage of dollars at The Global Fund.

Lead donor The United States has issued a “Call to Action,” holding the GF accountable for better distribution and implementation of resources, and asking for specific reforms that will lead to multilateral initiatives.

Will PEPFAR and other US programmes be held to the same standards? What might this mean for worldwide aid, particularly in fighting the three biggest killers in the developing world (AIDS, TB, Malaria)?

Read Nandini Oomman’s post here