HIV in Humanitarian Emergencies

Hundreds of millions of people are affected by humanitarian emergencies each year. Of the 314 million people affected by humanitarian emergencies in 2013, 1.6 million were people living with HIV. Of these, 1.3 million people (81%) were in sub-Saharan Africa. Many were displaced, lacked access to essential HIV services and suffered as a result of shortages that could have been avoided.

1 million people living with HIV did not access treatment in humanitarian emergencies in 2013. When 1.6 million people living with HIV were affected by humanitarian emergencies in 2013, they suffered service disruptions and restrictive policies that threatened their lives. More than one million people were estimated to have been unable to access anti-retroviral therapy, due to humanitarian emergencies.