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[204] [205] ART and appropriate prevention of opportunistic infections reduces the death rate by 80%, and raises the life expectancy for a newly diagnosed young adult to 20–50 years. [ 203 ] [ 206 ] [ 207 ] This is between two thirds [ 206 ] and nearly that of the general population.
(This is the interim African Region version for persons aged 15 years or more who have had a positive HIV antibody test or other laboratory evidence of HIV infection) (The United Nations defines adolescents as persons aged 10−19 years but for surveillance purposes, the category of adults and adolescents comprises people aged 15 years and over)
The infection progresses to AIDS when the count falls below 200 CD4 T cells/μL, at which point opportunistic infections can be lethal. At this stage, an infected person has 2-3 years of life expectancy. The use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) can greatly slow the progression of the virus to AIDS.
HIV infection is becoming endemic in sub-Saharan Africa, which is home to just over 12% of the world's population but two-thirds of all people infected with HIV. [38] As of 2022, it is estimated that the adult HIV prevalence rate is 6.2%, a 1.2% increase from data reported in the 2011 UNAIDS World Aids Day Report.
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is the retrovirus that causes the disease known as AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). South Africa has more people with HIV/AIDS than any other country. [8] The South African National HIV Survey estimated that more than 15% of all South Africans over 2 years old were living with HIV in 2007. There is ...
HIV/AIDS is one of the key challenges for the overall development of Ethiopia, as it has led to a seven-year decrease in life expectancy and a greatly reduced workforce. [ 1 ] Ethiopia faces an epidemic among sub-populations and geographic areas, with an estimated overall HIV prevalence rate of 1.4 percent, based on testing a sample of 5,780 ...
Life expectancy for U.S.-born children is now 77.5 years, up from 76.5 in 2021 and 77 in 2020. Deaths caused by drug overdoses and COVID-19 infections were key contributors to the decline, the CDC ...
Prevalence of HIV, ages 15–49. Source: World Bank. HIV/AIDS remains one of the major challenges to Eswatini's socioeconomic development.In 2010, "the Ministry of Labour and Social Security estimated 43 percent of the population were "inactive workers"—students, the elderly, the ill, the disabled, people who "lack capital" or "look after" their own "need"—and not part of the formal labor ...