Based on UNAIDS estimates in 2010, 5,000 children were infected with HIV in the Americas, the majority through mother-to-child transmission (MTCT); 4,700 (3,000–6,500) in Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2010 in the Americas, an estimated 58,000 (44,000– 74,000) children under the age of 15 had HIV, of which 57,000 (43,000–72,000) were from Latin America and the Caribbean. In the same year, estimated numbers of deaths of children under the age of 15 in the Americas were 3,600 (2,100–5,100); 3,400 (1,900–4,800) in Latin America and the Caribbean.
2010 Situation Analysis. Elimination of Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV and Congenital Syphilis in the Americas
