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Forwarded this email? Subscribe here. The HIV epidemic — which started in the early 1980s and progressed rapidly in the 1990s — has had lasting impacts that continue today. More than 800,000 people still die from HIV/AIDS every year. But some countries were hit much harder than others. In the chart, you can see the share of all deaths in a given year caused by HIV/AIDS in four countries that were particularly badly affected. At the height of the epidemic, more than half of all deaths in Zimbabwe and Botswana, and over 40% in South Africa and Namibia, were caused by the disease. Thankfully, interventions to prevent the spread of HIV and treatments such as antiretroviral therapy have reduced death rates across the world. But about one in five deaths in these countries was still caused by AIDS in 2023. Read our article on antiretroviral therapy and the millions of lives it has saved By Hannah Ritchie Browse our Data Insights Subscribe to The OWID Brief newsletter The OWID Brief keeps you up to date with our latest work and delivers curated highlights from across Our World in Data, twice a month. Subscribe to The OWID Brief The mission of Our World in Data is to make data and research on the world’s largest problems understandable and accessible. We are a nonprofit, building Our World in Data as a public good that’s freely available to everyone. Help us do more by supporting us with a donation. Donate now This email was sent to you@example.com. You received this email because you opted in at ourworldindata.org. You can update your subscription preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Our World in Data · Urbanoid Workspace Oxford · 1&3 Kings Meadow · Oxford, OX2 0DP · United Kingdom