Definition: This entry gives an estimate of the number of adults and children who died of AIDS during a given calendar year.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
See also: HIV/AIDS - deaths mapRelated News
After a decade, global AIDS program looks ahead
FOX News - 5/22/2013 1:09:25 AM
A decade ago, almost no one in sub-Saharan Africa was receiving antiretroviral treatment ... Since 2009 the funding for bilateral and global HIV and AIDS programs has largely stalled. Kaiser's Kates said that while there's still bipartisan ...
UN: AIDS Deaths Down, Treatment Up in Africa
Voice of America - 5/21/2013 4:26:51 PM
It says AIDS-related deaths fell by nearly a third during that same period, and that new HIV infections are also falling. Many African countries have taken steps ... more than any other region in the world. It says the continent accounts for ...
One-in-four deaths in pregnancy due to HIV in worst-affected countries
Aidsmap - 5/19/2013 11:53:02 PM
Basing calculations on empirical data from a systematic review of studies comparing death during pregnancy and the postpartum period in HIV-positive and negative women ... not maternal death, means no assumptions need be made about HIV being indirectly ...
HIV/AIDS: Bold new goal for 2020 set at UN AIDS summit
IRIN - 5/19/2013 11:53:02 PM
The three-day event, attended by heads of state, civil society groups, AIDS organizations ... HIV is one of the most formidable challenges of our time and have demonstrated true leadership through this Declaration in their commitments to work towards a wor ...
World’s largest HIV treatment program finally reducing AIDS-related deaths in South Africa
Raw Story - 5/14/2013 8:24:13 PM
One in ten South Africans is HIV positive but AIDS-related deaths are falling as ramped-up treatment begins to have an impact, the country’s official statistics ... drop in AIDS-related deaths. Average life expectancy has also increased to 59.6 years ...
Great strides are reported in eradicating AIDS/HIV in Africa
Catholic Online - 5/22/2013 6:56:00 PM
AIDS-related deaths, rates of infection drop noticeably, thanks to cooperation among African nations Once the fearsome scourge of the African continent, the rates of HIV/AIDS infection and AIDS-related deaths have dropped dramatically over the past several ...
UGANDA: AIDS leading cause of death in war-ravaged north - World Vision
IRIN - 5/17/2013 11:55:25 PM
"World Vision found that HIV/AIDS was the leading cause for death, constituting 69 percent of deaths in ... It said children were the main victims of a war that had cost the country more than US $100 million annually, an amount of money larger than the ...
How AIDS changed global health forever
Sydney Morning Herald - 5/22/2013 9:37:39 AM
The developing world bears an extraordinarily inequitable burden of infectious disease, 90 per cent of it, and yet these countries represent just 12 per cent of all health spending. AIDS is a classic example. Of the 30 million AIDS deaths since the virus ...
World Bank Group : World Bank Approves $US213 Million to Boost Trade and Improve HIV/AIDs Health Services and Road Safety in Tanzania
4-traders - 5/22/2013 9:26:19 PM
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2013 - The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved US$213 million to support the Government of Tanzania's efforts to rehabilitate roads and bring HIV/AIDS and road safety services ... countries in Eastern and Southern ...
Closer to a world without HIV
Hindustan Times - 5/19/2013 5:12:11 PM
An encouraging piece of news from our own country ... number of people infected with HIV, has been remarkably successful in reducing its general incidence of HIV, cutting the annual number of new infections by nearly 50%. World Aids Vaccine ...
WORLD AIDS DAY, 2012
The White House President Barack Obama - 5/21/2013 7:11:30 PM
On World AIDS Day ... released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, our Nation's first comprehensive plan to fight the domestic epidemic. The Strategy aims to reduce new infections, increase access to care, reduce health disparities, and achieve a more ...
Q&A: AIDS-Free Future Means Fighting Homophobia
ipsnews.net - 5/22/2013 4:32:50 PM
UNITED NATIONS, May 22 2013 (IPS) - The global fight against HIV/AIDS has seen recent hard-won breakthroughs, including the discovery of the genetic hiding place of the virus by doctors in Australia, a 50-percent drop in new infections across 25 low- and ...
One in 10 South Africans HIV positive
Times of India - 5/14/2013 4:49:28 PM
CAPE TOWN: One in 10 South Africans is HIV positive but AIDS-related deaths ... country's official statistics agency said on Tuesday. After years of dragging its heels on the HIV/AIDS crisis, since 2004 South Africa has developed the world's ...
Canada Continues to Support the Global Fight Against HIV/AIDS
Yahoo! Finance - 5/17/2013 8:42:08 PM
In recognition of World AIDS Vaccine ... The firm support of countries such as Canada will be essential in achieving our collective vision of zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination, and zero AIDS-related deaths." The Government of Canada ...
Agency Says AIDS-related Deaths Falling in S. Africa
Med India - 5/15/2013 4:02:21 AM
AIDS-related deaths are falling as ramped-up treatment begins to have an impact, says agency. After years of dragging its heels on the HIV/AIDS crisis, since 2004 South Africa has developed the world's largest ... in 2011. The country's population growth ...
