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

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Poster

Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection