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AIDS has afflicted the world for 25 years. And during that 25 years, AIDS has killed 25 million people.
The worst affected region is sub-Sahara Africa where the life expectancy is now just 47 years.
Women continue to be more likely than men to be infected with HIV with three women becoming HIV-infected for every two men.
Worldwide:
39.5 million people have HIV/AIDS.
2.9 million people have died of AIDS
4.3 million people have been newly infected with HIV/AIDS.
2.8 million or 65 per cent of the new infections occur in Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
In Asia:
8.3 million people have HIV/AIDS
600 000 have died of AIDS
930 000 people have been newly infected with HIV/AIDS.
More than two-thirds of people with HIV/AIDS live in India.
There are an estimated 180 000 children in Asia infected with HIV/AIDS.
In Singapore:
There are 3138 HIV/AIDS cases in Singapore as of June 2006.
There were 286 new cases of HIV infections/AIDS from January to October 2006.
2005: 317 people newly infected with HIV/AIDS
2004: 311 people newly infected with HIV/AIDS
2003: 242 people newly infected with HIV/AIDS
2,852 Singaporeans have been infected with HIV/AIDS since 1985.
1176 are asymptomatic carriers.
660 have AIDS-related illnesses.
1016 have died of AIDS.
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