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Background Information     

A Global Perspective

As staggering as the numbers already are, the orphan crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa is only beginning to unfold. By 2010 HIV/AIDS will have robbed an estimated 25 million children, under the age of 15, of one or both parents.

The Facts:

  • Globally, there were an estimated 33 million  people  living with HIV in 2007. 22 million of these in Sub-Saharan.

 

  • Globally, an estimated 2.7 million  people were newly infected with HIV in 2007,  1.9 million of these in  sub-Saharan Africa.
     
  • There were 3.1 million deaths from AIDS in 2007, with 1.5 million of these deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa (in one year).

 

  • Worldwide, it is estimated that more than 15 million children under 18 have been orphaned as a result of AIDS. 11.6 million of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa.

 

  • Globally, the number of children younger than 15 years living with HIV increased

            from 1.6 million  in 2001 to 2.0 million  in

            2007. Almost 90% live in sub-Saharan Africa.
  


Kenya  HIV and AIDS estimates, end 2007* (Report on the global AIDS epidemic)

  • Orphans due to AIDS in Kenya (990,000-1,400,000)
  • Adults (15-49) HIV prevalence rate: (range: 7.1% - 8.5%)
  • Adults (15-49) and children  living with HIV:  (1,500,000-2,000,000)
  • Children living with HIV: (130,000-180,000)
  • Women (15 - 49) living with HIV: (800,000-1,100,000)
  • AIDS deaths (adults and children):  (85,000-130,000)

The Kenyan Situation (Source UNAIDS 2008)

  • Total population: 37,538,000
  • GDP per capita (intl. $, 1,470)
  • Life expectancy at birth -53 years
  • Child mortality (per 1,000): 121
  • Infant mortality (per 1,000): 79
  • Total health expenditure per capita (Intl $, 2005): 95
  • Total health expenditure as % of GDP (2005): 6.1