Humanosphere is on hiatus. Many thanks to our web design, development and hosting partner Culture Foundry for keeping the site active while we plan our next move. Culture Foundry builds, evolves and supports next-level websites and applications for clients you know, and you couldn’t ask for a better partner to help you thrive in digital. If you’re considering an ambitious website design or development project, we encourage you to make them your very first call.

Guess which countries have reduced the most AIDS deaths

By Tom Murphy on 3 December 2013 2

The unlikely trio of Cambodia, New Zealand and Spain lead the world in reducing AIDS deaths from peak levels.

How does the rest of the world stack up? Check out the map:

Percent-reduction-HIV-deaths-peak-to-present

The data comes from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation based at the University of Washington and the Solutions Journalism network. The percentages are based on reduction in deaths from the peak in a given country to 2010. Other outstanding countries include the Untied States (75% reduction), Rwanda (83%) and Haiti (80%).

There are also some places like China and large parts of south-east Asia that have yet to reach peak levels. Though there is a lot of reason for optimism. Even countries that are struggling with poverty can manage to beat back deaths caused by AIDS.

Previous ArticleGive to Humanosphere – Support the fight against news poverty

Next Article AIDS, TB & malaria funds equal to US spending on tooth whiteners

About Author

Tom Murphy

Tom Murphy is a New Hampshire-based reporter for Humanosphere. Before joining Humanosphere, Tom founded and edited the aid blog A View From the Cave. His work has appeared in Foreign Policy, the Huffington Post, the Guardian, GlobalPost and Christian Science Monitor. He tweets at @viewfromthecave. Contact him at tmurphy[at]humanosphere.org.