2.  HIV and AIDS prevalence in the Middle East and North Africa is around 0.2% (0.1-0.7%) with between 230,000 and 1.4 million people infected.  Among young people infected 15-24 years of age, 0.3% of women (0.1-0.8%) and 0.17% of men (0.1-0.3%) were living with HIV infection by the end of 2004.

3.  UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, is an innovative partnership that leads and inspires the world in achieving universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.  Reliable data on the epidemics in the Middle East and North Africa remain in short supply, creating difficulty in tracking recent trends with confidence.

4.  HIV and AIDS prevalence in the Middle East and North Africa is around 0.2% (0.1-0.7%) with between 230,000 and 1.4 million people infected.  Among young people infected 15-24 years of age, 0.3% of women (0.1-0.8%) and 0.17% of men (0.1-0.3%) were living with HIV infection by the end of 2004.