Facts and figures.

One of the UN Millennium Development Goals set by government leaders across the globe in 2000 is to have halted and begun to reverse the spread of HIV and AIDS by 2015. The harsh reality is however that today HIV and AIDS are still a pandemic of enormous proportions. Of the 7,100 people newly infected with HIV every day, half are under 25 years old. 

As the latest UNAIDS AIDS Epidemic Update 2010 illustrates...

•       in 2009, 33.3 million people are living with HIV and AIDS
•       2.6 million new infections were registered in 2009
•       everyday 7,100 people get infected with HIV.
•       young people under 25 account for almost 50% of all new       infections
•       every minute, two young people are infected with HIV
•       an estimated 5 million young people between the ages of        15 and 24 are living with HIV
•       3 out of 5 young people do not know how to protect                 themselves.

At this rate and on this scale, HIV and AIDS are still major threats that especially endanger the lives of many young people worldwide. 

Every 12 seconds someone new is infected by HIV, threatening the lives of everyone, but in particular, young people.

For more information about the HIV and AIDS pandemic worldwide, download the factsheet.

General information about Sexually Transmitted Diseases is available here.