Coverage and need for antiretroviral treatment
Number
of people receiving ARV therapy (low estimate – high
estimate) Estimated
need Coverage 5.8 million
Estimated number of people receiving ART, people needing ARV and percentage of coverage in developing and transitional countries by WHO regions,
Situation of December 2004
WHO
region
Africa
310
000 (270 000 –350 000)
4
000 000
8%
Americas
275
000 (260 000 –290 000)
425
000
65%
Europe
(Eastern Europe, Central Asia)
15
000 (13 000 –17 000)
150
000
10%
Eastern
Mediterranean
4
000 (2 000 – 6 000)
77
500
5%
South-East
Asia
85
000 (70 000 –100 000)
950
000
9%
Western
Pacific
17
000 (15 000 –19 000)
200
000
9%
All WHO
regions
700
000 (630 000 –780 000)
12%