Facts and figures
- 2007 AIDS epidemic update
- ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 2007)
- This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS contains revised estimates of the number of people with HIV globally. Estimates of the total number of people infected with HIV fe...
- AIDS epidemic update: December 2006
- ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 2006)
- Recommended reading
- This report from UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation (WHO) provides an overview of the number of people living with HIV globally at the end of 2006. It shows that the number of people living with...
- AIDS epidemic update: special report on HIV prevention
- ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 2005)
- This report, produced by UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO) provides the most recent updates on the AIDS epidemic. Findings show that there are currently over 40 million people living with...
- Behavioral survey for HIV/AIDS infection in Asosa, among the general population and commercial sex workers
- ( M. Eshetu; D. Kebede; S. Ismail; E. Sanders / Ethiopian Journal of Health Development , 2004)
- This article, published in the Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, reports on a study to assess high-risk behaviours for HIV/AIDS transmission and factors for voluntary counselling and testing (V...
- HIV sentinel survey report 2003 (Ghana)
- ( Ghana AIDS Commission , 2004)
- This report, by the National AIDS/STI control programme of Ghana, outlines the findings of the HIV sentinel survey conducted in 2003. The aims of the survey were to: obtain information on the prevale...
- AIDS Epidemic Update 2004
- ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 2004)
- This joint UNAIDS/WHO report outlines the most recent trends in the global AIDS epidemic. Women are increasingly affected by HIV and make up nearly half of the 37.2 million living with HIV world wide...
- Mapping made easy: a guide to understanding and responding to HIV vulnerability
- ( UNDP South-East Asia HIV and Development Program , 2004)
- This document is a step-by-step guide to identifying and understanding spatial links related to HIV vulnerability, aimed at those who work in HIV prevention and AIDS care. Looking at HIV vulnerability...
- Behavioural surveillance surveys: guidelines for repeated behavioural surveys in populations at risk of HIV/AIDS
- ( Family Health International , 2000)
- Recommended reading
- There are numerous risk behaviours linked to the spread of the HIV virus, including low condom use, multiple sex partners, and needle sharing among drug users. Changing these behaviours has been ident...
- Is UNAIDS right? Levels and trends in HIV prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa
- ( P. Bennell / Eldis Gateway to Development and Environment Information , 2004)
- This paper questions the assertion made by UNAIDS that there are still no signs that the AIDS epidemic has levelled-off or ‘turned around’ in sub-Saharan Africa. Evidence is presented that shows that ...
- State of world population 2004: the Cairo Consensus at ten: population, reproductive health and the global effort to end poverty
- ( United Nations Population Fund , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- This report from UNFPA focuses on world population, reproductive health and poverty ten years after the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action was agreed in ...
- HIV/AIDS and work: global estimates, impact and response, 2004
- ( International Labour Organization , 2004)
- This major report, prepared by the ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work, is intended as a reference tool. Part One provides global estimates of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the world of work a...
- The Zambia HIV/AIDS workforce study: preparing for scale-up
- ( J. Huddart; R. Furth; J. Lyons / US Agency for International Development , 2004)
- Anticipating significant scale-up of its current HIV/AIDS services, the Zambian Central Board of Health commissioned this study of the human resource implications. The study collected data at 16 gover...
- UNAIDS 2004 Report on the global AIDS epidemic
- ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- This report warns that the number of people living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has risen in every region of the world during 2003 and last year five million people became newly infected with...
- Explaining inconsistencies between data on condom use and condom sales
- ( D. Meekers; R. Van Rossem / MEASURE Evaluation , 2004)
- Analyses of data on the annual number of condoms sold and distributed reveals very erratic patterns. Consequently, available data on the number of condoms sold and distributed yield a very poor indica...
- HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: the growing epidemic?
- ( P. Bennell / Eldis Document Store , 2003)
- The author of this paper argues that there is surprisingly very little good quality information available that would enable the levels and thus trends in national HIV prevalence rates to be accurately...
- World population prospects: the 2002 revision
- ( United Nations Population Division , 2003)
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Statistics and forecasts on population changes, looking at World population trends, fertility, the demographic impact of HIV/AIDS and population ageing.
Population estimates and projections suggest...
- HIV in central and eastern Europe
- ( F. Hamers; A. Downs / The Lancet , 2003)
- The authors describe recent trends in the HIV epidemic and the differences between eastern and central Europe, using surveillance data, and published and unpublished reports. During the past 5 years, ...
- AIDS epidemic update December 2002
- ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 2002)
- This paper, produced jointly by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), provides information on the current status of HIV/AIDS prevalence and t...
- UNDP HIV/AIDS statistical factsheet
- ( HIV and Development Programme, UNDP , 2002)
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This factsheet presents statistics relating to the impact of and response to HIV/AIDS in a number of sectors. Numbers are presented globally and then regionally in a narrative format.
Sectors outlin...
- The AIDS pandemic in the 21st century
- ( K. Stanecki / US Agency for International Development , 2002)
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The report, prepared for the 2002 conference in HIV/AIDS in Barcelona, gives an overview of prevalence rates for the disease worldwide.
The author compares prevalence trends and impacts of the pande...
- Children on the brink 2002: a joint report on orphan estimates and program strategies
- ( Synergy Project, USAID , 2002)
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The paper details a number of impacts of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on children. It estimates that there are around 3 million children (under 15 years old) living with HIV worldwide.
Impacts on children ...
- The status and trends of HIV/AIDS/STI epidemics in Asia and the Pacific
- ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 2001)
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Report looks at current statistics of AIDS/HIV/STI in Asia and the Pacific and discusses the trends behind population groups and country regions where infections are prevalent.
It suggests that focu...
- AIDS epidemic update 2001
- ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 2001)
- Paper provides overviews of statistics of HIV/AIDS infections and looks at methods for prevention of epidemic. It suggests there exists a particular opportunity for action in countries where either t...
- Global AIDS surveillance report 1997
- ( WHO Initiative on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections , 1997)
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Statistical report and analysis report in the Weekly Epidemiological Record
An alternative (less raw statistics) presentation of the data is available at: Report on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic - June 1998
- ( WHO Initiative on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections , 1998)
- Working together with national AIDS programmes throughout the world, the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World Health Organization have surveyed the global epidemic of HIV/AIDS. Th...
- The status and trends of the HIV/AIDS epidemics in the World
- ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 1998)
- Symposium report from June 1998, complementing WHO report. Aim is to provide information that can be used by international, national and local bodies to review the most important aspects of the evolut...
- The status and trends of the HIV/AIDS/STD epidemics in Asia and the Pacific
- ( Family Health International , 1997)
- Report examines the status and trends of HIV infection and AIDS in countries of Asia and the Pacific, a region which, for the purpose of this analysis, stretches from and includes India on the west, ...
- AIDS epidemic update: December 1998
- ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 1998)
- By the end of 1998, according to new estimates from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of people living with HIV (the virus th...
- The Progress of Nations Report, 1997
- ( The Progress of Nations Report, UNICEF , 1999)
- The Progress of Nations, an annual scorecard of the social health of nations, records achievements in the form of statistics that measure fulfilment of minimum human needs. The knowledge it unearths i...
