Number of HIV- died patients fall
According to new data in the 2009 AIDS epidemic update, new HIV infections have been reduced by 17% over the past eight years. Since 2001, when the United Nations Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS was signed, the number of new infections in sub-Saharan Africa is approximately 15% lower, which is about 400,000 fewer infections in 2008. In some countries there are signs that new HIV infections are rising again.

HIV is the most actual problem in Azerbaijan and Health Ministry take it under control. Azerbaijan is among the countries of a low level HIV transmission. Within the last 4 years number of HIV-infected people has remained unchanged.
Number of people registered as HIV-infected patients in Azerbaijan in 2010 were 459.
97.4% of them are Azerbaijani citizens, 2.6% are foreign citizens. 80.3% of the registered Azerbaijani citizens are men, 19.7% - women. Number of AIDS-infected patients during this period was 244, and number of died patients citizens was 52.

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