HIV and AIDS - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jan 6, 2025 · HIV targets the body’s white blood cells, weakening the immune system. This makes it easier to get sick with diseases like tuberculosis, infections and some cancers. HIV is spread from the body fluids of an infected person, including blood, breast milk, semen and vaginal fluids. It is not spread by kisses, hugs or sharing food.
HIV and AIDS - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jul 30, 2024 · HIV is found in certain bodily fluids of people living with HIV, including blood, semen, vaginal fluids, rectal fluids and breastmilk. HIV can be transmitted by: unprotected vaginal or anal sex, and, in very rare cases, through oral sex with a person living with HIV;
HIV - Global - World Health Organization (WHO)
Dec 2, 2010 · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is an infection that attacks the body’s immune system, specifically the white blood cells called CD4 cells. HIV destroys these CD4 cells, weakening a person’s immunity against opportunistic infections, such as tuberculosis and fungal infections, severe bacterial infections and some cancers.
HIV data and statistics - World Health Organization (WHO)
HIV continues to be a major global public health issue, claiming 42.3 million [35.7–51.1 million] lives so far. Testing, treatment and viral load suppression cascades among all people living with HIV . By 2025, 95% of people living with HIV should know their HIV status (first 95) In 2023, 86% [69–>98%] of people living with HIV knew their ...
HIV - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jul 22, 2024 · Access to HIV testing should be improved to make sure everyone living with HIV is diagnosed and linked to treatment or appropriate and effective prevention choices. There are still gaps in HIV testing coverage, as an estimated 14% of people living with HIV or 5.4 million people remain undiagnosed.
HIV - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jul 22, 2024 · Global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, for the period 2016–2021 (WHA69.22) Global health sector strategy on HIV/AIDS, 2011–2015 (WHA64.14) Global health-sector strategy for HIV/AIDS (WHA56.30) HIV/AIDS: confronting the epidemic (WHA53.14) Technical work. Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs ...
A seventh case of HIV cure reported at AIDS 2024
Jul 25, 2024 · During the 25th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2024), being held in Munich, Germany, a new case of long HIV remission was reported and fuels optimism for an eventual HIV cure. In 2007, Timothy Brown, the so-called first Berlin patient, was the first person to be considered cured of HIV.
HIV - World Health Organization (WHO)
An estimated 0.6% [0.6-0.7%] of adults aged 15–49 years worldwide are living with HIV, although the burden of the epidemic continues to vary considerably between countries and regions. The WHO African Region remains most severely affected, with one in every 30 adults (3.4%) living with HIV and accounting for more than two-thirds of the people ...
HIV in China - World Health Organization (WHO)
Nov 29, 2024 · The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) targets the immune system and weakens people's defence systems against infections and some types of cancer. It is transmitted through unprotected sexual intercourse (anal or vaginal), transfusion of contaminated blood, sharing of contaminated needles, and between a mother and her infant during pregnancy ...
艾滋病毒和艾滋病 - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jul 13, 2023 · 世卫组织关于艾滋病毒和艾滋病的实况报道，描述了艾滋病毒感染的症状和体征、如何传播、危险因素、预防和治疗，以及世 ...