95-95-95. These are not measurements, but a goal. That of the United Nations: ensure that 95% of people living with HIV know their serological status, 95% of people who know how to live with HIV take treatment and 95% of people living with HIV on treatment have a burden low enough to prevent transmission. This is so that the virus stops circulating and killing. Because 40 years after its appearance, the epidemic has still not ended, as the figures below demonstrate, despite the arrival of antiretrovirals and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) which have revolutionized treatments and prevention.
This is the percentage of HIV reports in Switzerland that concern men. In almost one in two cases, they are infected during homosexual relations, while women are primarily infected heterosexually. Infections resulting from the use of contaminated syringes during drug consumption only represent around twenty cases per year.
This is the proportion of heterosexually infected women in Switzerland who say they were infected by a known partner. Among straight men, known partners represent the source of infection in only one in five cases. The reason: a large number of heterosexually infected men contract HIV through sex tourism.
In 2023, 352 new cases were recorded in Switzerland. The incidence is highest in the Lake Geneva region (5.5 per 100,000 inhabitants) and lowest in North-West Switzerland (1.5 per 100,000 inhabitants). . In total, more than 17,000 people are currently living with HIV in our country, where the virus has been under constant surveillance since 1985.
This is the median age at the time of HIV diagnosis for heterosexually infected women in Switzerland. The 35-44 year olds are the most affected, followed by the 45-54 year olds. Men infected heterosexually are older (43 years) and those infected homosexually younger (37 years). Among the latter, it is among those aged 25-34 that there are the most cases.
This is the number of people currently living with HIV worldwide, including 1.4 million children aged 0 to 14. More than half are women or girls. Nearly 31 million people living with HIV have access to antiretroviral therapy to prevent transmission of the virus. In 2023, 1.3 million people will have been infected with the virus, 60% fewer than in 1995. In total, 88.4 million people have been infected with HIV worldwide since the start of the virus. epidemic.
No one dies every minute from AIDS in the world. Since the start of the epidemic, the disease has killed 42.3 million people, including 630,000 in 2023 alone. For comparison, in 2010 AIDS killed 1.3 million people and 2.1 million in 2004.
Sources: Federal Office of Public Health, Swiss Aids Against AIDS, UNAIDS
