Goal 6: Facts
- The vast majority of children living with HIV are in 10 countries that also comprise more than 60 per cent of pregnant women living with HIV (DEV)
- The number of children under 15 years living with HIV as of 2007 was 2 million (DEV)
- The number of children under 15 years globally who were receiving antiretroviral therapy increased 2.6-fold between 2005 and 2007 (DEV)
- The proportion of deaths among children under five in Africa caused by malaria is 18%
- Every hour, around 31 children die as a result of AIDS (UNAIDS)
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