World Aids Day

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This year, World AIDS Day—that takes place on December 1— will focus on leadership, the theme set by the World AIDS Campaign under the five-year slogan “Stop AIDS, Keep the Promise”.

The 2007 AIDS epidemic update reports on the latest developments in the global AIDS epidemic. The 2007 edition provides the most recent estimates of the AIDS epidemic and explores new findings and trends in the epidemic’s evolution.

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World AIDS Day: Latest figures

Agence France-Presse

PARIS --Following are the latest figures on the global AIDS epidemicahead of World AIDS Day on Saturday.They were released on November 20 by the specialized United Nations Agency, UNAIDS.

NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV OR AIDS IN 2007

Worldwide: 33.2 million (in a range from 30.6 to 36.1 million)

Adults (15-49 years old): approx. 30.8 million

Adult women: approx. 15.4 million (half the total)

Children (Under 15 years old): 2.5 million

NEW INFECTIONS IN 2007:

Worldwide: 2.5 million (range of 1.8-4.1 million)

Adults: 2.1 million

Children: 420,000

AIDS DEATHS IN 2007:

Worldwide: 2.1 million (range of 1.9-2.4 million)

Adults: 1.7 million

Children: 330,000

(Note: UNAIDS reduced by nearly seven million its estimate for thetotal of individuals living with HIV or AIDS compared with 2006, dueto a revision of its statistics. Last year's estimate was 39.5million.)