Fast-Track drive to end AIDS epidemic by 2030

UNAIDS has set a target to end the AIDS epidemic as a global health threat by 2030. The upward trajectory of the epidemic has been broken and ambitious targets aim to cut new HIV infections by 28 million and AIDS-related deaths by 21 million over the next 15 years
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ESTIMATED ANNUAL NUMBER OF NEW HIV INFECTIONS AND AIDS-RELATED DEATHS (low to middle income countries, by region)

New HIV infections under fast- track strategy

AIDS-related deaths under fast-track strategy

If current strategy continues

Caribbean

200,000

0

200,000

0

2010

2030

Middle East and North Africa

30,000

0

30,000

0

2010

2030

Eastern Europe and Central Asia

40,000

0

40,000

0

2010

2030
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Fast-Track reduction targets

94%

91%

92%

89%

90%

80%

90%

80%

90%

93%

90%

89%

86%

83%

Dec 1, 2014 World AIDS Day
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Latin America

120,000

0

120,000

0

2010

2030

West and Central Africa

600,000

0

600,000

0

2010

2030

Eastern and Southern Africa

2,000,000

0

2,000,000

0

2010

2030

Asia and Pacific

500,000

0

500,000

0

2010

2030
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Sources: Fast-Track – Ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 (UNAIDS), World AIDS Day

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