CONTENTS -- GLOBAL SUMMARY OF THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC, DECEMBER 2002 -- INTRODUCTION -- ASIA AND THE PACIFIC -- EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA -- SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -- THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES -- HIV/AIDS AND HUMANITARIAN CRISES -- HIV/AIDS and southern Africa's food crisis -- HIV/AIDS in conflict settings -- MAPS -- Global estimates for adults and children, end 2002 -- Adults and children estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS, end 2002 -- Estimated number of adults and children newly infected with HIV during 2002 -- Estimated adult and child deaths due to HIV/AIDS during 2002.