Because of lack of public acceptance, people infected with HIV are frequently subjected to stigma and discrimination. HIV is spread primarily by unprotected sex (including anal and oral sex), contaminated blood transfusions, hypodermic needles, and from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding. Over three-quarters of these deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2007, an estimated 33.2 million people lived with the disease worldwide, and it killed an estimated 2.1 million people, including 330,000 children. This is a categorized, alphabetical list of people who are known to have been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the pathogen that causes AIDS, including those who have died.
federal legislation that addresses the unmet health needs of persons infected with HIV/AIDS. American teenager Ryan White, who died from AIDS in 1990, is the namesake for U.S.
