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How many people are infected with HIV Worldwide
36.9 million people worldwide live with HIV (as of 2017).
Of these, 21.7 million people have access to antiretroviral therapy. This is 2.3 million more than in 2016 and almost 14 million more than in 2010.
940.000 people died of AIDS in 2017, compared to 1.5 million in 2010.
In 2017, around 1.8 million people around the world were newly infected with HIV, the same number as in the previous year.
In eastern and southern Africa, where more than 50% of people are living with HIV, the number of adult new infections has fallen the most in the world, by a total of 30% since 2010.
In Eastern Europe and Central Asia, by contrast, the number of new infections has risen by 30% in the last six years.
In terms of the UNAIDS * 90-90-90 targets, in 2017, 75% of people living with HIV worldwide knew about their status, 79% of whom had access to treatment, and 81% of those had a suppressed viral load.