Today, 68% of adults with the virus are on ARVs, while the treatment rate is only 53% among children younger than 15. Since the global annual rate of HIV transmission, or incidence, peaked in 1998, the rate has declined by 40%. Eastern and Southern Africa are driving global progress in reducing HIV incidence, with a 38% decline in annual transmissions since 2010. South Africa alone has seen its HIV incidence cut in half since then. Since 2010, HIV incidence has risen by 21% in Latin America and by 21% in the Middle East and North Africa.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 06, 2020 13:52 UTC