Noting that the epidemic affects every region and, while sub-Saharan Africa remains worst affected, serious epidemics are present or emerging in the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Asia and the Pacific,
注意到这种流行病影响到每个区域，虽然非洲撒哈拉以南地区仍然是受到最严重影响的地区，但这种流行病在加勒比、东欧和亚洲及太平洋区域也已经或者渐渐变得十分严重，