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The African Region accounts for two thirds of the incidence of HIV around the world. [10] Sub-Saharan Africa is the region most affected by HIV. As of 2020, more than two thirds of those living with HIV are living in Africa. [4] HIV rates have been decreasing in the region: From 2010 to 2020, new infections in eastern and southern Africa fell ...
The World Health Organization recommends treating all children less than five years of age; children above five are treated like adults. [176] The United States guidelines recommend treating all children less than 12 months of age and all those with HIV RNA counts greater than 100,000 copies/mL between one year and five years of age.
Human infectious diseases may be characterized by their case fatality rate (CFR), the proportion of people diagnosed with a disease who die from it (cf. mortality rate).It should not be confused with the infection fatality rate (IFR), the estimated proportion of people infected by a disease-causing agent, including asymptomatic and undiagnosed infections, who die from the disease.
In parts of Africa, the HIV/AIDS rate is growing at an alarming rate: 170 people are infected with the disease every day. Why HIV rates for teens in West and Central Africa have reached alarming rates
And antiviral treatment has changed HIV from a death sentence in the early '80s to people with HIV now having a normal life expectancy. People with HIV on antiviral drugs can safely have babies.
This episode of The Motley Fool's Market Checkup is dedicated to the world's largest pure-play biotech stock, Gilead Sciences . Market Checkup gives a full examination of Gilead's second-quarter ...
[19] [20] [21] The morbidity and mortality of TB and HIV/AIDS have been closely linked, known as "TB/HIV syndemic". [21] [22] According to the World Health Organization, approximately 10 million new TB infections occur every year, and 1.5 million people die from it each year – making it the world's top infectious killer (before COVID-19 ...
HIV can negatively affect work output, which impacts the ability to generate income. [123] This is crucial in parts of Africa where farming is the primary occupation and obtaining food is dependent on the agricultural outcome. Without adequate food production, malnutrition becomes more prevalent. Children are often collateral damage in the AIDS ...