An aid worker checking a USAID-funded stock of HIV medicine in Lagos, Nigeria
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- 2.3 million people became infected in 2012, down 33 percent since 2001.
- That number was 260,000 for children, down 52 percent since 2001. (Children can contract HIV from breastfeeding.)
- AIDS-related deaths peaked in 2005 with 2.3 million worldwide; they've since declined to 1.6 million in 2012.
- Overall, 35.3 million people worldwide were HIV positive in 2012, up from 30 million in 2001.
- People in low- and middle-income countries have increased access to HIV treatment, with 9.7 million people receiving access in 2012, up from 1.3 million in 2005.