The world pledged to end AIDS by 2030. While we have seen remarkable progress in the past decade among children aged 0-9 years, adolescents have been left behind in HIV prevention efforts. A staggering 360,000 adolescents are projected to die of AIDS-related diseases between 2018 and 2030 without additional investment in HIV prevention, testing and treatment programs.
On World AIDS Day 2018, UNICEF is releasing global and regional snapshots of the world today and a new analysis of the situation for children and adolescents projected to 2030.
The world today: Global and regional snapshots
Click to access snapshots: Global, Eastern and Southern Africa, West and Central Africa, South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, East Asia and the Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- 3.0 million children and adolescents are living with HIV
- 430,000 children and adolescents became newly infected with the virus in 2017
- 130,000 children and adolescents died from AIDS-related causes in 2017
The world in 2030
- 1.9 million children and adolescents are projected to be living with HIV
- 270,000 children and adolescents are projected to become newly infected with the virus annually
- 56,000 children and adolescents are projected to die from AIDS-related causes annually
- 2.0 million new HIV infections could be averted between 2018 and 2030 if global goals are met – 1.5 million of these would be averted among adolescents
