Some 360,000 adolescents will die of AIDS in 2030

If one does not invest more in HIV prevention, it is estimated that about 360,000 adolescents will die of AIDS in 2030, according to the report released by the United Nations Fund for HIV / AIDS. childhood, Unicef.

These numbers show that the world is very far from reaching its goal End the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome among minors in 2030, badessed Unicef ​​Executive Director Henrietta Fore.

Forecasts indicate that the number of children and adolescents infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS-related deaths will decline.

However, UNICEF warns that progress is significantly lower for adolescents, which the UN identifies between ten and nineteen.

For example, it is thought that AIDS-related deaths have will be reduced by 57% in children under 14 in 2030, while it will be 35% compared to 15 to 19 year olds.

"Prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programs work, but they are not enough, while programs for treating the virus and preventing its spread among older children they are not close what they should be, "Fore said.

The report is progressing slowly in preventing HIV in children, as well as Failure to address structurally, as well as the behavior of AIDS carriers. For example, Many young people do not know that they are HIV-positive, and others skip the treatment.