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
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 agency said Tuesday. After years of dragging its heels on the HIV/AIDS crisis, since 2004 ...
Saving the Lives of Women Worldwide
The Huffington Post - 5/12/2013 2:35:50 PM
Globally, HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death of women of reproductive age ... yet only 57 percent in low- and middle-income countries received the recommended treatment regimen by the World Health Organization for prevention of mother-to-child ...
Canada Continues to Support the Global Fight Against HIV/AIDS
SYS-CON Media (press release) - 5/17/2013 8:42:08 PM
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 is also working with the Bill & Melinda Gates ...
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 are falling as ramped-up treatment begins to have an impact, the country's official statistics agency said on Tuesday. After years of dragging its heels on the HIV/AIDS ...
Aids-related deaths falling in S. Africa: agency - FRANCE 24
France 24 - 5/13/2013 11:53:00 PM
AFP - 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 agency said Tuesday. After years of dragging its heels on the HIV/AIDS crisis ...
Agency Says AIDS-related Deaths Falling in S. Africa
Med India - 5/15/2013 4:02:21 AM
After years of dragging its heels on the HIV/AIDS crisis, since 2004 South Africa has developed the world's largest HIV treatment programme. New data indicate that drive is working. The disease will be responsible for 32 percent of all deaths this year.
Cambodia on track to eliminate HIV transmission by 2020: health experts
The Global Times - 5/10/2013 8:33:08 AM
Cambodia is moving towards an AIDS-free generation and is one of the few countries globally that have successfully reversed its HIV epidemic from a peak of ... zero AIDS-related deaths" by 2020. "Having reviewed available data, documents and reports ...
Here I Am: Advocating for a vaccine in the fight against AIDS
The Huffington Post - 5/17/2013 1:18:20 PM
Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (which doesn't directly fund vaccine research) has spoken often about how critical a vaccine is in the fight to control AIDS. On WAVD, civil society organizations in ...
Aids-related deaths falling in S. Africa: agency
ModernGhana - 5/15/2013 2:22:08 AM
CAPE TOWN (AFP) - 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 agency said Tuesday. After years of dragging its heels on the HIV/AIDS crisis ...
Rwanda: Interview - Zero New HIV Infections Achievable - UNAIDS Boss
AllAfrica - 5/13/2013 8:36:44 AM
To me the country has been able to demonstrate that we can reach universal access when no one believed that we could even put people on treatment. Rwanda is now showing that we can go beyond 90 percent of people who can access AIDS treatment. The country ...
Cutting PEPFAR will erode gains made in HIV/AIDS fight
Times of Zambia - 5/19/2013 8:29:37 AM
THE persistent shortchanging of PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, is one of the more significant and perplexing trends in America’s global health policy. Funding for PEPFAR (America’s bilateral global AIDS programme) has been ...
Cambodia on track to end new HIV infections by 2020
ABC Online - 5/10/2013 3:35:29 PM
"Cambodia is moving towards an AIDS-free generation and is one of the few countries globally to have successfully reversed its HIV epidemic," the statement said, adding it was on track to meet the 2020 goal. Nearly 75,000 Cambodians are living with HIV ...
Public HIV tests for MPs?
Independent Online - 5/17/2013 7:06:06 AM
Addressing MPs this week during his budget vote in the National Assembly, Motsoaledi said while the country had made inroads in fighting HIV/Aids and tuberculosis, and had launched the biggest testing campaign in the world, Parliament had not publicly ...
Rwanda: UNAIDS Chief Hails Rwanda's HIV Fight
AllAfrica - 5/13/2013 12:04:20 PM
Rwanda has proved to the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAIDS) that it can achieve zero HIV infection rate, if mechanisms in place are firmly maintained. Michel Sidibé, the executive director of UNAIDS said in an exclusive interview with ...
WHO statistics show narrowing health gap between countries with best and worst health status
WHO - 5/15/2013 2:17:58 PM
the group of countries with the highest rates have cut new HIV infections by 27%. Globally, tuberculosis (TB) deaths have decreased by more than 40% since 1990 and the trend indicates that this will reach 50% by 2015. The gap has narrowed between the top ...
