HIV/AIDS Research and Treatment · Vol. 5, No. 1 · 2018 · pp. e1–e2 · e-ISSN 2377-8377

The Elderly are Facing HIV/AIDS Crisis

Chunguang Fu, Chengjun Sun

School of Management and Economics, Kunming University of Science and Technology, 253, Xuefu Road, Kunming,Yunnan 650093, ChinaChina

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17140/hartoj-5-e011 · Published 2018-04-17 · Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 · © 2018 The Author(s)

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Abstract

The world’s population is aging, and the population aged 60 or over is growing faster than all younger age groups globally. In 2017, there are an estimated 962 million people aged 60 or over in the world, comprising 13% of the global population, and growing at a rate of around 3% per year. Currently, Europe has the greatest percentage (25%) of the population aged 60 or over.

Acknowledgement

living with HIV aged 50 or over had increased more than 17% over the past decade.3 In 2016, the number of reported human immu- The authors acknowledge financial support from the project of nodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/ KMUST for Fostering Talents in provincial level (KKSY201608050) AIDS) cases among males age 60 or over in China more than and the project of Yunnan Education Department (2016ZZX055). tripled from that reported in 2010.4 HIV diagnosis is increasing The author would like to acknowledgement Kunming University in older adults in Western and Central Europe and North Amerof Science and Technology research facility and support. ica, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Latin America, Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and the Middle East and

Competing Financial Interests

North Africa.5 In HIV-infected elderly, higher morbidity and mortality, rapid progression to AIDS, and shorter survival period have 6-9 The authors declare no competing financial interests. been confirmed by many scientists : they have become more vulnerable.

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