India, April 18 -- An estimated 37 million people in the world live with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, of which 1.8 million are children below 15 years. HIV, which attacks the immune cells in the body, had killed 940,000 people in 2017.
According to a report by "Our World in Data", the number of people dying of AIDS, which is the most severe phase of HIV infection, reached a peak in 2004, 2005 when in both years 2 million people died. However, since then, the death toll has been on the decline, thanks to new HIV drugs available that slow down the progression of the disease.
HIV-related diseases are usually fatal. The only effective solution is managing the disease by proper care and taking all precautions to not transmit t...