One new HIV infection occurs every 6 seconds of every minute of every day.

UNAIDS, AIDS Epidemic Update (extrapolated from), December 2005, UNAIDS

In 2005, there were 4.9 million people newly infected with HIV; of these new infections, 700,000 occurred in children under the age of fifteen.

UNAIDS, AIDS Epidemic Update, December 2005, UNAIDS

In the United States, over 40,000 people are infected with HIV every year.

UNAIDS, AIDS Epidemic Update, December 2005, UNAIDS

AIDS is the number one cause of death for African American women aged 25 -34.

UNAIDS, AIDS Epidemic Update, December 2005, UNAIDS

In 2005, HIV/AIDS related illnesses caused the deaths of 3.1 million people worldwide.

UNAIDS, AIDS Epidemic Update, December 2005, UNAIDS

In 2005, 5 million new HIV infections occurred worldwide; approximately 14,000 every day.

UNAIDS, AIDS Epidemic Update, December 2005, UNAIDS

Globally, women represent half of all people living with HIV/AIDS.

Kaiser Family Foundation, The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States, March 2006, KFF

African American women accounted for 67% of estimated AIDS cases in 2004, but only 13% of the U.S. female population.

Kaiser Family Foundation, Fact Sheet: Women and HIV/AIDS in the United States, March 2006, KFF

Latinas accounted for 15% of estimated AIDS cases, and 14% of the U.S. female population.

Kaiser Family Foundation, Fact Sheet: Women and HIV/AIDS in the United States, March 2006, KFF

Since the mid eighties, the proportion of AIDS cases among women has more than tripled, from 7% in 1985 to 27% in 2004.

Kaiser Family Foundation, Fact Sheet: Women and HIV/AIDS in the United States, March 2006, KFF

In 2004, the rate of AIDS diagnoses among African American women was 23 times higher than that of their white female counterparts.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS among African Americans, February 2006, CDC

About two-thirds of all people estimated to be living with HIV reside in sub-Saharan Africa.

UNAIDS, AIDS Epidemic Update, December 2005, UNAIDS

The number of HIV-positive people in Eastern Europe increased 25% over the last year to 1.6 million.

UNAIDS, AIDS Epidemic Update, December 2005, UNAIDS

Western Europe and North America remain the only regions in the world where most people in need of antiretroviral treatment are able to get it.

UNAIDS, AIDS Epidemic Update, December 2005, UNAIDS

Eighty percent of new HIV infections in women world-wide occur in marriages or long-term relationships with primary partners.

United Nations Population Fund, State of World Population 2005, UNFPA

Barely 2% of the U.S. budget for HIV/AIDS research – only two cents of every dollar – is spent on microbicide research.

Global Campaign for Microbicides, About Microbicides, March 2006, GCFM

Of new infections among women in the U.S., approximately 70% were infected through heterosexual sex and 28% were infected through injection drug use.

Kaiser Family Foundation, Fact Sheet: Women and HIV/AIDS in the United States, March 2006, KFF

Scientists are developing and testing topical microbicides that women could apply before intercourse to protect themselves against HIV and other sexually transmitted organisms.

Global Campaign for Microbicides, About Microbicides, March 2006, GCFM

The risk of HIV transmission from mother to newborn is less than 2% if women receive a combination of antiretroviral therapies during pregnancy.

National Institutes for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, HIV Infection in Women, May 2004, NIAID

The CDC estimates as many as 1.185 million HIV-positive individuals live in the U.S. Of these, between 25 -30% do not know they are infected.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report 2004, CDC

The estimated annual number of AIDS-related deaths in the U.S. declined nearly 70% since 1995, largely due to the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Surveillance (in print)

Seven of ten states with the highest AIDS case rates among women are located in the South.

Kaiser Family Foundation, Fact Sheet: Women and HIV/AIDS in the United States, March 2006, KFF

Washington, DC has the highest AIDS case rate among women, twelve times the national average.

Kaiser Family Foundation, Fact Sheet: Women and HIV/AIDS in the United States, March 2006, KFF

In the United States, teen girls account for half (50%) of all HIV cases reported among those ages 13-19.

Kaiser Family Foundation, Fact Sheet: Women and HIV/AIDS in the United States, March 2006, KFF

AIDS occurs at a rate five times higher in state and federal prisons than among the general U.S. population.

Krebs, C. and M. Simmons Intraprison HIV Transmission: An Assessment of Whether it Occurs, How it Occurs, and Who is at Risk, October 2002 (in print)