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Access to treatment is high, but there is a looseness in prevention and funding.
The fight against AIDS is in the middle of a paradox: the proportion of HIV-positive people who have access to treatment has never been higher, but a looser in the prevention and reduction of funding is raising fears of a rebound in the epidemic, warned Wednesday the UN. Nearly three in five HIV-positive people in the world – 21.7 million out of a total of 36.9 million – are taking antiretroviral therapy, the highest proportion ever, according to a UNAIDS report released on Wednesday. "Unfortunately, we are a little victims of these results" nuanced Michel Sidibé, the boss of UNAIDS, lamenting a "crisis of prevention" : " there is a complacency that is created, which risks putting into question these achievements ".
Great Concern: Financing. "$ 7 billion a year is missing to sustain our results." Last year, 20.6 billion euros were spent on AIDS programs in low- and middle-income countries returned. But under the Trump administration, the United States, historically a major contributor to the fight against AIDS, has planned cuts. "The fear is that the reduction of the contributions of the international donors does not involve a reduction of the internal investments of the affected countries" according to Michel Sidibé. However, "at least 44 countries depend 75% of international aid to fight the epidemic . If we do not have these resources, there is a significant risk of rebound of the epidemic, with a risk of increasing resistance and increased mortality due to AIDS " he warned. And the global results released Wednesday hide disparities. In West and Central Africa in particular, only 40% of the carriers of the virus have access to treatment
So. From. (With AFP)
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