Absolute Monarchy. In an absolute monarchy, the monarch has total authority over the government and his or her people. A cabinet of advisers might be assembled to assist the monarch, but members of the cabinet do not make the major decisions.
HIV/AIDS is a global pandemic. As of 2012, approximately 35.3 million people have HIV worldwide with the number of new infections that year being about 2.3 million. This is down from 3.1 million new infections in 2001. Of these approximately 16.8 million are women and 3.4 million are less than 15 years old.
The minimum number of HIV-infected persons in the United States given by the total of persons reported living with AIDS and living with HIV to CDC through December 2001 was 506,154. It is likely that there are at least another 200,000 or so additional persons with HIV infection not captured by the reporting system.