AIDS目前在非洲和亚洲的情况已非常严重，下面是近期流行病学调查以及研究的成果。
AIDS的增长的世界分布图
The most alarming surge in HIV infections is in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where there was a 46% rise in the number of those living with HIV between 2001 and 2003. Transmission here is mainly linked to prostitution and intravenous drug use, both of which have flourished since the demise of the Soviet bloc.
North Africa and the Middle East seem to have experienced a similar increase, but these figures may be unreliable, since surveillance is far from complete.
People living with HIV in 2003 (% increase on 2001)
AIDS在成人中流行图
1 out of every 100 people worldwide is HIV positive. Sub-Saharan Africa continues to suffer most, with 7 out of every 100 adults carrying the virus. And as Africa’s population grows, so too does its HIV problem.
Yet the region has experienced a just a 5% increase in the number of people living with HIV between 2001 and 2003, much less than in the rest of the developing world. This is partly because Africa’s epidemic is reaching a natural plateau. In some countries, prevention strategies are also helping to keep the virus in check.
AIDS感染后死亡病例人数的世界分布图
In 2003, around 3 million people died from AIDS, with sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, South Asia and South East Asia hardest hit. Last year, the virus killed around 8% of infected people in these regions, compared with just 1% of those in Western Europe and North America. The high price and scarcity of AIDS drugs in developing countries are to blame.
AIDS总体分布图
Twenty years and 20 million deaths after the first AIDS diagnosis in 1981, HIV has spread worldwide. In Africa, where 25 million people are HIV positive, the disease is starting to plateau. But elsewhere, notably East Asia and Eastern Europe, infections are beginning to climb at an alarming rate
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