Remember that in our previous post, we said that one of the major points we have to keep in mind are the three zeros (zero infections, zero AIDS related deaths and zero discrimination). We have not yet reached that target but by understanding where the new infections come from, and sticking to the zero discrimination policy, you can have a better understanding of what is HIV/AIDS today.
BY GENDER
Among the 1,7 million new HIV infections in 2019, 50% were among cis males and 47% among cis females, leaving only 2% among transgenders.
As you can see, HIV/AIDS can affect any type of person around the world and is not specific to one gender (#zerodiscrimination).
BY POPULATION
HIV risk is higher depending on certain types of subpopulation, the region, the community, the country and the cities (source: UNAIDS epidemiological estimates, 2020). The data on the new infections in Eastern Europe and Central Asia differ quite a lot to new infections in Eastern and Southern Africa. In Western Europe, Central Europe and North America, 64% of the new infections have been among gay men and other men who have sex with men. However, this population only represents 6% of the new infections in Eastern and Southern Africa. In the Middle East and North Africa, 43% of the new infections were among people who inject drugs. Therefore it would be wrong to associate HIV/AIDS only to a certain type of population wherever you are (#zerodiscrimination).
One in four new infections in sub-Saharan Africa were among adolescent girls between 15 and 24 years old. In the eastern and southern part of Africa they represented 30% of the new infections. However men represented a majority of new infections in other regions like the Caribbean, Western and Central Europe, North America. Another quarter of the new infections in 2019 globally were among gay men and other men who have sex with men (Young gay men and other men who have sex with men between 15 and 24 years old represent 36% of the new infections in Western/Central Europe and North America).
We can therefore see that depending on the region, HIV affects different types of subpopulation and communities. What can you do? Protecting yourself, having the correct information, stopping discrimination, and easier access to testing and treatments is what will take us to the three zeros. Our team focuses on offering the information you need to better understand what HIV/AIDS is and we focus on #zerodiscrimination to facilitate access to information to anyone who may need it.
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