Infant HIV decreases, as teen AIDS-related deaths increase

– and middle – income countries, and that new adolescent infections could be halved by 2020 with more focus on interventions. In detail, the 2013 report revealed that the number of infants who had been infected with HIV reduced from 540,000 in 2005 to 260,000 in 2012 – leading experts to calculate that over 850,000 […]

– and middle – income countries, and that new adolescent infections could be halved by 2020 with more focus on interventions. In detail, the 2013 report revealed that the number of infants who had been infected with HIV reduced from 540,000 in 2005 to 260,000 in 2012 – leading experts to calculate that over 850,000 infants had been saved from the burden of HIV. The report also notes some significant successes in combating the HIV burden in sub-Saharan Africa. New infections among infants declined by 76% between 2009 and 2012 in Ghana, 58% in Namibia, 55% in Zimbabwe, 52% in Malawi and Botswana, and 50% in Zambia and Ethiopia. However, the report revealed that among adolescents aged between 10 and 19, AIDS-related deaths increased by 50% from 71,000 in 2005 to 110,000 in 2012.