This table provides a summary of the estimated HIV prevalence and trends in major global regions since the new millennium. All of the regional estimates are based on UNAIDS reports. Estimates (blue numbers) within the black brackets [xx] are the initial UNAIDS estimates – i.e., in the 2001 update report, UNAIDS estimated HIV prevalence in SSA at 9% and then revised its 2001 estimate downwards to 6.5% in the 2003 update report. Estimates (red numbers) within the red brackets [xx] are my “unofficial” estimates – i.e., I believed that HIV prevalence was grossly overestimated in SE Asia (at least a couple of million overestimated in India alone) and in Eastern Europe. UNAIDS was forced to accept a revised estimate of 2.5 million for India in early July, 2007. The take home message is that even using UNAIDS’ official estimates, the AIDS pandemic is not “ever increasing and expanding.” The only region where estimated HIV prevalence seems to be increasing is Eastern Europe but my biased view is that perhaps HIV prevalence may be increasing in this region, but the estimates for this region are also grossly overestimated!