Children and HIV & AIDS

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Of the estimated 3.2 million children under the age of 15 living with HIV, approximately 91% reside in sub-Saharan Africa.
An estimated 220,000 children became newly infected with HIV in 2014, 190,000 of them in sub-Saharan Africa.
In 2013, approximately 190,000 children died of AIDS-related illnesses.
Approximately 220,000 children became newly infected with HIV in 2014.
Between 2005 and 2012, estimated AIDS deaths among adolescents increased by 50%.
Adolescent girls (15–19) account for approximately two thirds of new HIV infections among adolescents.

Of the estimated 17 million children who have lost one or both parents to AIDS, 90% reside in sub-Saharan Africa.
The vast majority of orphans and vulnerable children are cared for by extended family members.
In some countries in sub-Saharan Africa, 60% of orphans live in grandmother-headed households.
In a study of ten sub-Saharan African countries, orphans living with their grandpare...

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