HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

• 36.9 million people globally were living with HIV in 2017.
• 21.7 million million people were accessing antiretroviral therapy in 2017.
• 1.8 million people became newly infected with HIV in 2017.
• 940 000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses in 2017.
• 77.3 million people have become infected with HIV since the start of the epidemic.
• 35.4 million people have died from AIDS-related illnesses since the start of the epidemic.
• Tuberculosis remains the leading cause of death among people living with HIV, accounting for around one in three AIDS-related deaths.
• Globally, adolescent girls and young women face gender-based inequalities, exclusion, discrimination and violence, which put them at increased risk of acquiring HIV.
• HIV is the leading cause of death for women of reproductive age worldwide.
• AIDS is now the leading cause of death among adolescents (aged 10–19) in Africa and the second most common cause of death among adolescents globally.
• Over 6.2 million malaria deaths have been averted between 2000 and 2015, primarily of children under five years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. The global malaria incidence rate has fallen by an estimated 37 per cent and the mortality rates by 58 per cent.