The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimate that AIDS has killed more than 25 million people since it was first recognised on 5 June 1981, making it one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history.
联合国艾滋病规划署（UNAIDS）和世界卫生组织（WHO）估计自1981年6月5日发现首个病例至今，已有超过两千五百万人死于艾滋病，这使得艾滋病成为有史以来最具傷害性的瘟疫之一。