HIV / AIDS

UNAIDS leads the world's most extensive data collection on HIV epidemiology, Global HIV & AIDS statistics

## Press Release ### New monthly HIV prevention pill, in late-stage trials, could provide a giant step forward in stopping new HIV infections In 2025, 1.2 million people acquired HIV, and more than half a million people (570 000) died of AIDS-related illnesses. ### Global HIV response falters as reemergence looms More than half a million people (570 000) died of AIDS-related illnesses in 2025.

This post by the United Nations AIDS highlights a paradox in the global AIDS epidemic. It notes that since 2010, AIDS-related deaths have fallen by 57%, yet in ...

# HIV/AIDS in the World - In 2025, someone died of HIV-related causes every minute. #### AIDS-related deaths - Eastern and southern Africa is the region with the most AIDS-related deaths: 240,000; Asia and the Pacific have the next highest number: 120,000. The Caribbean has the least: 4,700. - In 2025, 70,000 children died of AIDS-related causes. ### The Regional Picture (2025) #### Eastern and southern Africa - AIDS-related deaths: 240,000 #### WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA - AIDS-related deaths: 110,000 #### MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH Africa - AIDS-related deaths: 6,700 #### ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - AIDS-related deaths: 120,000 #### LATIN AMERICA - AIDS-related deaths: 28,000 #### Eastern Europe and central Asia - AIDS-related deaths: 41,000 #### Western and central Europe and North America - AIDS-related deaths: 8,900

# Press release and statement archive ## [United Nations High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS opens as UNAIDS urges countries to firmly commit to ending AIDS by 2030](https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2026/june/20260622_HLM26_opens) 22 June 2026

Fiji is facing one of the sharpest increases in new HIV infections globally. UNAIDS estimates that new infections rose 12-fold between 2010 and 2025. An