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.
1 HIV is the worldâs leading infectious killer. 2  According to WHO, an estimated 39 million people have died since the first cases were reported in 1981 and 1.5 million people died of AIDS-related causes in 2013. According to WHO, sub-Saharan Africa is the most affected region, with 24.7 million people living with HIV in 2013. 2  Seventy-one percent of all people who are living with HIV in the world live in this region.