How many people die from HIV/AIDS?

As we begin to see a way of eventually eliminating Covid-19 when the global death toll is around 3.5M and still rising, we should remember that HIV/AIDS is still a global killer and so far we do have a vaccine for it.

Around 700,00 people die from HIV/AIDS each year; in some countries it is the leading cause of death. HIV/AIDS is one of the world’s most fatal infectious diseases – particularly across Sub-Saharan Africa, where the disease has had a massive impact on health outcomes and life expectancy in recent decades.

According to the World Health Organisation, it is estimated that 33 million people have died of HIV since the beginning of the epidemic. Some 40 million people are living with HIV today.


 




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