The Time to Act Is Now Global HIV • 37 million people living with HIV each year • 2 million new infections • 1.2 million deaths • Preventable and treatable but not yet curable • 16 million people on HIV treatment (Source: UNAIDS, 2015) Progress CDC: Significant driver of US government progress against global HIV • Antiretroviral treatment for men, women, and children: PEPFAR (U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief): 7.7 million As of Septemeber 30, 2014. • Antiretroviral treatment to prevent mother-to-child transmission in fiscal year 2014: PEPFAR: 749,313 • Voluntary medical male circumcisions: PEPFAR: 6.5 million As of September 30, 2014 wad_2015.pdf

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