International Development written question – answered am ar 17 Gorffennaf 2013.
Shaun Woodward
Llafur, St Helens South and Whiston
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what information her Department holds on (a) the adult prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS and (b) the number of people living with HIV/AIDS in (i) Uganda and (ii) Africa in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement.
Lynne Featherstone
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development
The most recent report on the Global AIDS Epidemic was published by UNAIDS in 2012. This data is available via:
www.aidsinfoonline.org and shown in the following tables. Regional data are not routinely presented on an annual basis; the UNAIDS Global Report 2012 includes data shown above for Sub-Saharan Africa for 2001 and 2011.
| Uganda | ||
| Estimated HIV prevalence—Adult (ages 15-49) | People living with HIV | |
| Time period | Percentage (estimate) | Number (estimate) |
| 2002 | 6.60 | 980,000.00 |
| 2003 | 6.40 | 990,000.00 |
| 2004 | 6.40 | 1,000,000.00 |
| 2005 | 6.40 | 1,000,000.00 |
| 2006 | 6.40 | 1,100,000.00 |
| 2007 | 6.60 | 1,100,000.00 |
| 2008 | 6.70 | 1,200,000.00 |
| 2009 | 6.90 | 1,300,000.00 |
| 2010 | 7.00 | 1,300,000.00 |
| 2011 | 7.20 | 1,400,000.00 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | ||
| Estimated HIV prevalence—Adult (ages 15-49) | People living with HIV | |
| Time period | Percentage (estimate) | Number (estimate) |
| 2001 | 5.90 | 20.9 million |
| 2011 | 4.90 | 23.5 million |
The UK remains committed to the vision of getting to zero—zero new infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths. Recent advances in treatment and prevention make this ever more possible.
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