World AIDS Day 2007

Rwanda, like most of sub-Saharan Africa, has been scourged by the ravages of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In conjunction with the annual AIDS day focus we offer the following information about AIDS in the country of Rwanda:

HIV/AIDS in Rwanda

8,440,820: population of Rwanda (July 2005 est.)

190,000: Estimated number of people living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2005

3.1%: Estimated percentage of adults (ages 15-49) living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2005

91,000: Estimated number of women (ages 15-49) living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2005

27,000: Estimated number of children (ages 0-14) living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2005

21,000: Estimated number of deaths due to AIDS during 2005

210,000: Estimated number of children who have lost their mother or father or both parents to AIDS and who were alive and under the age of 17 (2005)

Sources

• UNAIDS 2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic. May 2006.
• CIA World Factbook 2005

Amnesty International also has an excellent article addressing the Rwandan AIDS epidemic as it relates to the 1994 genocide (Caution: contents may not be suitable for younger readers).