The United Nations warns against the spread of AIDS among girls

According to a report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), girls made up the majority of people living with HIV / AIDS in 2017 and reached about 30 minors per hour.

Aids in Amsterdam said Wednesday that of the 30 wounds to the hour in adolescents aged 15 to 19, 20 were girls, two-thirds of them … 130,000 minors under 19 years lost their lives during the year While there were 430,000 new cases with an average of 50 cases per hour.

According to the report Despite significant progress in the fight against AIDS over the past two decades, the inability to prevent injuries to so many children and adolescents compromises efforts made to fight against the disease

. "In most countries, women and girls lack information, services or even capacity," said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fur. Refusing to have bad in one way "HIV / AIDS is spreading among the most vulnerable and marginalized groups, leaving adolescents at the center of the crisis."

Adolescents aged 10 to 19 represent about two-thirds of the population under 19 years of age. While the number of AIDS-related deaths in all other age groups has declined since 2010, deaths among patients aged 15 to 19 are not decreasing.

UNAIDS claims that its fights have reached a "dangerous point" Treatment rate The new infection rates are high. The 37 million people in the world carry the H5 virus that causes the disease.