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Since the world has focused on stopping and reversing AIDS epidemics in countries of eastern and southern Africa with exceptionally high HIV prevalence, the response HIV in West and Central Africa has received much less attention. in West and Central Africa among adults aged 15 to 49 (1.9%, 1.4-2.6% in 2017) is indeed much lower than in Eastern and Southern Africa (6.8% 5.9-7.7%), HIV is still a major problem in West and Central Africa
In 2017, 6.1 million [4.4–8.1 million] of the region were living with HIV and about 280,000 people [180,000–410,000] have died of AIDS-related causes.
West and Central Africa accounts for 7% of the world's population but 17% of all people living with HIV and 21% of newly infected with HIV in 2017. Adult women (aged 15 and over) represent 59% of all adults living with HIV in West and Central Africa. [1 9659002] Although regional HIV prevalence is overall lower in West and Central Africa than in Eastern and Southern Africa, some West and Central African countries have a very high prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 to 49 years, such as the Central African Republic, with an HIV prevalence of 4.0% [3.3–4.8%] in 2017.
The epidemic puts a heavy toll on children in Africa western and central.
In 2017, an estimated 500,000 [320,000–690,000] children (aged 0-14 years old) were living with HIV in the region, and an estimated 45,000 [24,000–69,000] children died of AIDS-related causes. Four out of every 10 children dying from AIDS-related causes around the world are in West and Central Africa.
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