HIV/AIDS Across Time

• AIDS first emerged in the 1980s.

• By the early 1990s AIDS had spread worldwide, and by 1993 there were more than 14 million estimated cases around the world.

• In 1993, there were 9 million estimated HIV/AIDS cases in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Sub-Saharan Africa remained the epicenter of the AIDs epidemic throughout the 1990s.

• By 2001, Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 70 percent of the world's total number of reported cases of AIDS/HIV.

• Since 2000, the number of HIV infections has exploded in India, China and Russia.

• In the 21st century, the epicenter of HIV/AIDS may be in China, India and Russia.

It is projected that by 2010, 40 million people in India, China and Russia will be infected -- equal to the current total world HIV/AIDS population -- which would mean that half of the world's total HIV/AIDS population would live in China, India and Russia.

• HIV/AIDS Across Time
• The Global Impact of HIV/AIDS
• Prevention and Treatment in 12 Showcase Countries
• Return to Introduction

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