Unicef: By 2030, 76 young people will die each day from AIDS

Johannesburg – With no additional funds to fight the HIV virus, an estimated 360,000 adolescents will die of AIDS between 2018 and 2030, according to Unicef. This corresponds to 76 deaths of people aged 10 to 19 per day. The international community "will undoubtedly miss its goal of ending the immunodeficiency of AIDS among children and adolescents by 2030," said Henrietta Fore, director of the United Nations Children's Fund. # 39; childhood.

Every day, 700 young people are infected

"We can not win the fight against HIV if we do not move faster in preventing transmission to the next generation," Fore said on the occasion of World AIDS Day on December 1. . According to UNICEF forecasts, fewer young people will become infected with HIV in the future, but the decline is not large enough to sustainably reduce the disease. Currently, 700 young people are infected every day, about one person every two minutes.

According to Unicef, about three million children and adolescents living with HIV worldwide are expected to reach 1.9 million by 2030. The number of children and adolescents AIDS deaths are expected to rise from 119,000 currently per year to 56,000 by 2030. However, UNICEF warned: "Progress is far too slow and there is not much time left for effective action" Fore asked before continuing to fight urgently against the spread of the IH virus. (AP)