Global Health Facts
HIV/Aids
- More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981.
- Africa has 12 million AIDS orphans.
- By the end of 2005, women accounted for 48% of all adults living with HIV worldwide, and for 59% in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Young people (15-24 years old) account for half of all new HIV infections worldwide - around 6,000 become infected with HIV every day.
- Around 63% of people living with HIV are in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Number of people infected with AIDS in sub-saharan Africa: 24.5 million. Those receiving anti-retroviral treatment: 1 million.
Tuberculosis
- Some 2 billion people—one-third of the world's population—are thought to be infected with TB bacteria.
- Each year, 8 million people worldwide develop active TB and nearly 2 million die.
- WHO estimates 11.4 million people worldwide are infected with both M. tuberculosis and HIV
- Left untreated, each person with active TB disease will infect on average between 10 and 15 people every year.
- Someone in the world is newly infected with TB bacilli every second.
- People with HIV and TB infection are much more likely to develop TB.
- It is estimated that 1.7 million deaths resulted from TB in 2004.
Malaria
- There are at least 300 million acute cases of malaria each year.
- Malaria is endemic in greater than 100 countries.
- Every 30 seconds an African child dies of malaria-more than one million child deaths a year.
- Malaria is Africa's leading cause of under-five mortality (20%).
Leishmaniasis
- Leishmaniasis is endemic in 88 countries
- About 12 million cases of leishmaniasis world-wide
- About 2 million new cases of leishmaniasis a year
Cancer
- More than 70% of all cancer deaths in 2005 occurred in low- and middle-income countries.
- Deaths from cancer in the world are projected to continue rising, with an estimated 9 million people dying from cancer in 2015.
- Young children who become infected with HBV are the most likely to develop chronic infection.
- About 90% of infants infected during the first year of life and 30% to 50% of children infected between 1 to 4 years of age develop chronic infection.
- The risk of death from HBV-related liver cancer or cirrhosis is approximately 25% for persons who become chronically infected during childhood.
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News & Events
11.22.2006
World AIDS Week
In commemoration of World AIDS Day on December 1st, the World AIDS Day task force sponosred by the CSC will be hosting a week of events that focus on increasing awareness for HIV/AIDS among Notre Dame students and faculty.
