The data illustrates the total number of annual new HIV infections worldwide from 2000 to 2017. UNAIDS estimated that there were some 1.8 million people worldwide that were newly infected with HIV in 2017.
Total number of new HIV infections worldwide
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a condition that slowly destroys or impairs the body’s immune system. It is a retrovirus that slowly progresses through the various stages of the disease. As HIV reproduces, it mutates its structure which makes it difficult to treat through drug therapy.
