The Scourge of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

Out of the 34 million HIV-positive people worldwide, 68% live in sub-Saharan Africa. There are roughly 23.8 million infected persons in all of Africa.
90% of the world’s HIV-positive children live in Africa.
More than one million adults and children die every year from HIV/AIDS in Africa alone. In 2011, 1.71 million people worldwide died from AIDS.
Since the epidemic of HIV/AIDS, more than 76 million people have contracted the illness, and over 35. 9 million have died from an HIV-related cause.
71% of the HIV/AIDS-related deaths in 2011 were people living in Africa