"UNICEF" confirms the injury of 30 people every hour, "AIDS" in 2017

A report from the United Nations Children's Fund revealed that under-age girls make up the majority People living with HIV / In 2017.

The report indicated that the global HIV infection rate in 2017 was about 30 people per hour and that girls constituted the vast majority. [15,900,900] The report, which was presented at a conference on AIDS in Amsterdam, said Wednesday that among the 30 injuries to the hour in adolescents aged 15 to 19, about 20 are girls, two-thirds of the number. Last year, 130,000 people under the age of 19 lost their lives to AIDS, while there were 430,000 new infections, with an average of 50 cases per hour.

According to the UN report, despite significant progress in the fight against AIDS over the last two decades, the inability to prevent as many children and adolescents is compromising efforts to fight the disease.

The prevalence of AIDS among minors is increased by early badual intercourse, some with older men, forced labor and poverty, lack of special counseling and medical services, according to the report . "In most countries, women and girls do not have access to information, services or even the possibility of rejecting unprotected bad, and HIV spreads among the more vulnerable and marginalized. ] Adolescents aged 10 to 19 account for about two-thirds of the 3 million HIV-positive people under 19 years of age. While the number of AIDS-related deaths has declined in all other age groups since 2010, deaths of patients aged 15 to 19 years

UNAIDS said its control efforts have reached a "critical point" and that despite the decline in the number of deaths and the increase in treatment rates, new infection rates are high, 37 million people taking the HIV virus in the world. Arab visitors today to browse our site and in case you have questions about this news, "UNICEF" confirms 30 people every hour to "AIDS" in 2017 please let us know or let a comment below
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