This abridged version is released today on the occasion of World AIDS Day. Over 11 million of these are young people aged 15 to 24. Ninety-five percent of all HIV infections are in developing countries.
Transmission is primarily heterosexual.
Over 13 million children have been orphaned due to AIDS, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa. HIV fuels the TB epidemic. HIV promotes rapid progression of primary TB infection to active disease and is the most powerful known risk factor for reactivation of latent TB infection to active disease. Ensuring that all TB patients have access to effective diagnosis and treatment is essential. For many years, efforts to tackle TB and HIV have been largely separate.