The trajectory of the global HIV epidemic reveals a significant and encouraging decline in both new infections and deaths since their respective peaks.
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The annual number of people newly infected with HIV (blue line) showed a steady increase in the early 1990s, peaking around the mid-1990s at approximately 3.3 million.
Since then, new infections have seen a sustained decrease, falling below 2 million around 2015 and projected to be around 1.4 million by 2024.
Similarly, the annual number of people dying from HIV-related causes (red line) peaked later, around 2005, reaching slightly more than 2 million deaths.
Following this apex, the annual death toll has dropped sharply and consistently, indicating the widespread success of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and other public health interventions.
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