Antiretroviral therapy reached 8 million people by the end of 2011, a twenty-fold increase since 2003. In 2011, for the first time, a majority (54%) of people eligible for antiretroviral therapy in low- and middle-income countries were receiving it. This chart shows the gap in 2011 between the number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy and the number of people eligible for treatment. Source: UNAIDS 2012 Global Report

HIV disproportionately affects sex workers, men who have sex with men and people who inject drugs across the world. Source: UNAIDS 2012 Global Report

Start the journey to ensure that everyone goes to school, everyone learns and everyone contributes to society.

Education First is the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s new effort to expand and improve schooling around the world. Education First could open new pathways to peace, economic development and environmental sustainability as well as empowering young people, especially girls, for an AIDS-free generation. Find out more at www.globaleducationfirst.org

I am afraid to be openly gay. I am afraid to go to the clinic. I am not able to get condoms and lubricants. I worry about getting an HIV test...

More than half of the resources to the AIDS response are invested in treatment programmes.

The world has embraced a vision of: zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths.

The road to elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015.

The upsurge of HIV among people who inject drugs can be likened to a mountain silhouette.

The goal is to decrease the burden of TB and HIV in people at risk of or affected by both diseases.