World AIDS Day: Is the end of AIDS insight? 10 facts about HIV / AIDS

World AIDS Day on December 1 is used to unite people in the fight against HIV, the
human immunodeficiency virus first identified in 1984, to show their support for people living with HIV and commemorate those who have died. Here are some facts about AIDS in 2015 with

data from the World Health Organisation, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF, and UNAIDS.

1. Globally about 36.9 million people are living
with HIV including 2.6 million children.

2. An estimated 2 million were infected in
2014.

3. An estimated 34 million people have died
from HIV or AIDS, including 1.2 million in
2014.

4. The number of adolescent deaths from AIDS
has tripled over the last 15 years.

5. AIDS is the number one cause of death
among adolescents in Africa and the second
among adolescents globally.

6.  In sub-Saharan Africa, the region with the
highest prevalence, girls account for 7 in 10
new infections among those aged 15-19.

7. At start of 2015, 15 million people were
receiving antiretroviral therapy compared to
1 million in 2001

8. Despite widespread availability of HIV
testing, only an estimated 51 percent of
people with HIV know their status.

9. The global response to HIV has averted 30
million new HIV infections and nearly 8
million deaths since 2000.

10. In 2015, Cuba was the first country
declared to have eliminated mother-to-child
transmission of HIV.