28 600 000 people are in need of treatment in 2013 (around 34% had access)

9 700 000 people are accessing treatment but every hour 50 young women are newly infected with HIV.

By the end of 2012, some 9.7 million people in low- and middle-income countries were accessing antiretroviral therapy, an increase of nearly 20% in just one year.

New HIV infections among adults and children were estimated at 2.3 million in 2012, a 33% reduction since 2001. New HIV infections among children have been reduced to 260000 in 2012, a reduction of 52% since 2001. AIDS-related deaths have also dropped by 30% since the peak in 2005 as access to antiretroviral treatment expands.

Percentage of women and men aged 15-49 who received an HIV test in the last 12 months and received their results. Source: Demographic and Health Surveys www.measuredhs.com

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

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