CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- GLOBAL SUMMARY OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC, DECEMBER 2004 -- INTRODUCTION -- WOMEN AND AIDS -- SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- CARIBBEAN -- ASIA -- EASTERN EUROPE -- LATIN AMERICA -- OCEANIA -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- NORTH AMERICA, WESTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE -- MAPS -- Global estimates for adults and children, end 2004 -- Adults and children estimated to be living with HIV as of end 2004 -- Estimated number of adults and children newly infected with HIV during 2004 -- Estimated adult and child deaths from AIDS during 2004 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.