Longest Person Living With Hiv In Africa

2018 global hiv statistics.
Longest person living with hiv in africa. Hiv continues to be a major global public health issue. I regret to inform you that david patient left us at 10 30pm on the 22nd september 2017. Hiv prevalence in western africa is lowest in senegal and highest in nigeria which has the second largest number of people living with hiv in africa after south africa. The virulence of the strain of hiv.
The african region also accounts for almost two thirds of the global total of new hiv infections. South africa has the biggest and most high profile hiv epidemic in the world with an estimated 7 7 million people living with hiv in 2018 1 south africa accounts for a third of all new hiv infections in southern africa 2 in 2018 there were 240 000 new hiv infections and 71 000 south africans died from aids related illnesses 3 south africa has the world s largest antiretroviral treatment. The who african region is the most affected region with 25 7 million people living with hiv in 2018. Some strains of hiv may be more virulent than others.
David ross patient one of the longest infected hiv survivors and activists in south africa and a member of the lgbt community has passed away. At 34 years he is the longest living person who was born with the virus in africa and the second in the. Ntimbwe mpamba was born hiv positive. He is the longest living person with hiv in africa.
On friday patient s partner neil orr announced on facebook. We have already found cases where a person was infected with a rare genetically defective strain of hiv. In 2018 an estimated 37 9 million people were living with hiv including 1 7 million children with a global hiv prevalence of 0 8 among adults around 21 of these same people do not know that they have the virus 1 since the start of the epidemic an estimated 74 9 million people have become infected with hiv. South africa remains the epicenter of the hiv pandemic as the largest aids epidemic in the world 20 percent of all people living with hiv are in south africa and 20 percent of new hiv infections occur there too.
Nigeria s infection rate number of patients relative to the entire population however is much lower 3 7 percent compared to south africa s 17 3 percent.