HIV Infection and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities

Global trends in HIV infection demonstrate an overall increase in HIV prevalence and substantial declines in AIDS related deaths largely attributable to the survival benefits of antiretroviral treatment. Sub-Saharan Africa carries a disproportionate burden of HIV, accounting for more than 70% of the global burden of infection. Success in HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa has the potential to impact on the global burden of HIV. Notwithstanding substantial progress in scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART), sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 74% of the 1.5 million AIDS related deaths in 2013. Of the estimated 6000 new infections that occur globally each day, two out of three are in sub-Saharan Africa with…

• UD
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

  Award: AI51794
• NI
  National Institutes of Health

  Awards: AI51794, D43TW00231
• NI
  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

  Award: AI51794
• FI
  Fogarty International Center

  Award: D43TW00231