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33.4 million The number of people living with HIV as of 2008 was 33.4 million. |
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2 HIV prevalence among women in Eastern and Southern Africa is more than 2 times higher than among young men. |
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33 In low and middle-income countries, 33 per cent of HIV-positive pregnant women received antiretrovirals for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in 2007. |
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10 The vast majority of children living with HIV are in 10 countries that also comprise more than 60 per cent of pregnant women living with HIV. |
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150 million More than 150 million insecticide-treated nets were delivered to African countries during 2004–2008. |
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3 The number of insecticide-treated mosquito nets produced worldwide has gone up more than three-fold from 2004 to 2007 |
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2 million The number of children under 15 years living with HIV as of 2007 was 2 million |
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2.6 The number of children under 15 years globally who were receiving antiretroviral therapy increased 2.6-fold between 2005 and 2007 |
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39.5 million The number of people who were living with HIV
worldwide by the end
of 2006 |
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8.8 million The number
of tuberculosis cases which were reported in 2005 |
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2 million The number people who were receiving antiretroviral therapy
in developing regions as of December 2006 |
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1 of 10 The proportion of HIV-infected pregnant women in low and middle-income countries who received
antiretroviral prophylaxis for PMTCT |
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18% The proportion of deaths among children under five
in Africa caused by malaria |
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2 of 3 The proportion of young women in 24 sub-Saharan countries lack HIV/AIDS prevention knowledge |
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50% The proportion of children under five years who were
given antimalaria drugs in Africa from 1998- 2004 |
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1000% The increase in the distribution of insecticide-treated
mosquito nets in sub-Saharan Africa from 1999 to 2003 |
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38.6 million The number
of people living with HIV in 2005 - nearly half of whom are women |
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