- A person is newly infected with HIV every 13 seconds.
- 2.5 million people were newly infected with HIV in 2007.
- 420,000 children under 15 were newly infected with HIV in 2007.
- 2.1 million people died of HIV/AIDS in 2007, nearly 5,800 each day.
- Nearly 61% of adults living with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa are women.
- One projection estimates that by delivering comprehensive HIV prevention to those who need it, annual HIV incidence would be nearly two-thirds lower in 2015.
- It is estimated that a condom was used in only 9% of sex acts involving a non-regular partner in 2005.
- In 13 high-prevalence countries in sub-Saharan Africa surveyed between 2003 and 2005, only 12% of men and 10% of women knew their HIV status.
- It is estimated that in 2005 only 11% of HIV-infected pregnant women received antiretrovirals to reduce the risk of mother-to-child transmission.
- Only 8% of injecting drug users worldwide had access to appropriate prevention interventions in 2005.
- Fewer than 20% of sex workers globally had access to HIV prevention services in 2005.
- Prevention services currently reach only 9% of men who have sex with men.
- Globally, half or more of school attendees receive no school-based HIV education.
- It is estimated that 40% of injections in health care settings are administered unsafely.
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