Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AID
Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it
Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases
- HIV prevalence among population aged 15-24 years
- Condom use at last high-risk sex
- Proportion of population aged 15-24 years with comprehensive correct knowledge of HIV/AIDS
- Ratio of school attendance of orphans to school attendance of non-orphans aged 10-14 years
- Incidence and death rates associated with malaria
- Proportion of children under 5 sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets
- Proportion of children under 5 with fever who are treated with appropriate anti-malarial drugs
- Incidence, prevalence and death rates associated with tuberculosis
- Proportion of tuberculosis cases detected and cured under directly observed treatment short course
- Proportion of population with advanced HIV infection with access to antiretroviral drugs
Recent estimates show that there has been a steady increase in the number of HIV-positive women and men. Figure MDG6.1 shows that among all adults living with HIV/AIDS, the proportion of women living with HIV has increased from 45 per cent in 1990 to 50 percent in 2007. In developed countries, it can reach 30 per cent. But in regions where the problem is most serious, the pandemic has become feminized. In sub-Saharan Africa the proportion of women among adults living with HIV/AIDS has increased from 54 per cent in 1990 to over 60 per cent in 2007. In the Caribbean, this has grown from 24 per cent to 43 per cent. Of particular concern is the elevated level of HIV prevalence among young women (Figure MDG6.2), who are two to three times more likely to be infected with HIV than men in the same age group in high prevalence environments. One reason for this is the lower proportion of young women than men with access to comprehensive and correct knowledge about HIV/AIDS. Figure MDG6.3 shows a considerable gender gap between young women and men who demonstrate a comprehensive and correct knowledge of HIV.
Sources: UNAIDS (2007).
