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New HIV infections are on the rise in about 50 countries, AIDS-related deaths are not shrinking fast enough, and stagnant means are likely to dampen results, warns new UNAIDS report released Wednesday in Paris
"Entire regions are falling behind, the great progress we have made on children is not sustainable, women remain the most affected, resources are still not up to political commitments and key populations continue to be left behind, all of which is holding back progress and urgently needed to be addressed, "said UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé.
New HIV-related infections are on the rise some 50 countries, and globally, have decreased by only 18% in the last seven years, from 2.2 million in 2010 to 1.8 million in 2017. Although this figure is almost half the number of new infections compared to 1996, when this number was highest (3.4 million), the decline is not fast enough to reach the target of fewer than 500,000 new HIV infections. by 2020, reveals the report entitled "A long way to go."
The field of prevention is the most problematic. And this crisis of prevention is the result of gaps in programs aimed at preventing new infections, in particular in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and in West and Central Africa. . In these regions and in the Middle East, the number of new infections has almost doubled since 2000.
The report shows that progress in favor of children is not sustainable. New HIV infections among children have decreased by only 8% in the past two years, only half of children living with HIV receive treatment and 110,000 children died of AIDS-related illnesses in 2017. [19659002] "Every problem has its solution," said Mr Sidibé. For him, it is the responsibility of political leaders, national governments and the international community to make the necessary financial investments and to create the legal and policy environments for deploying innovation on a global scale. "This will allow the acceleration we need to meet the 2020 targets."
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