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The report issued by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS) indicates for the first time that the global goals of eliminating AIDS by 2030 may not be achieved. The document was unveiled on the eve of the 22nd International AIDS Conference, which runs until tomorrow (27) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. According to a report by UNAIDS (Arquivo / Agência Brasil), the number of new HIV infections has increased in about 50 countries
. the report, entitled A long way to go – Bridging gaps, breaking down barriers, correcting injustices the global response to HIV is at a delicate point and the pace of progress is not in keeping with global ambition.
The number of new HIV infections, for example, is increasing in about 50 countries, and new global viral infections have only decreased by 18% in the last seven years – by 2.2 million in 2010 to 1.8 million last year. Although it accounts for nearly half of the total recorded in 1996 (3.4 million), the decline is not fast enough to reach the goal of less than 500,000 people. here 2020.
] West and Central Africa lagging behind
According to the document, only 26% of children and 41% of adults living with the HIV in West and Central Africa had access to treatment with 59% of children and 66% of adults in East and Southern Africa.
AIDS-related deaths have decreased by 24% in West and Central Africa since 2010, compared with 42% in Eastern and Southern Africa [19659005 The report also shows that new infections among children have only decreased by 8% in the last two years. Only half (52%) of children living with HIV receive treatment, while 110,000 have died of AIDS-related illnesses in 2017.
Although 80% of pregnant women living with HIV have access to antiretroviral drugs Last year, 180,000 children were infected with the virus during childbirth or breastfeeding – away from the goal of less than 40,000 by the end of 2018.
Key populations account for nearly half of news According to the paper, key populations and their sexual partners account for 47% of new HIV infections worldwide and 97% of new infections in Eastern Europe and in Central Asia, where a third of them are concentrated among injecting drug users.
In addition, half of the sex workers in Swaziland, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe are living with HIV. The risk of contracting the virus is 13 times higher for men, 27 times higher for men who have sex with men, 23 times more for people who inject drugs and 12 times more for women. transsexuals
By means of a note, the Brazilian Interdisciplinary Association of AIDS (Abia) evaluated that the United Nations body was right to prevent the transgender. assume a more realistic position on the epidemic of the disease in the world. "Since 2015, along with other organizations in Brazil and around the world, Abia has warned of the alarming numbers of the expanding epidemic and the structural barriers that impede access to treatment and to the prevention of millions of people around the world. "
For Abia, the scenario described in the report is the result of the inertia of countries and their governments in the development of public health policies and actions. Among the factors that have most negatively influenced the response to the epidemic, according to the entity, is the conservative social context, which fuels structural violence and hampers prevention in the most vulnerable populations; and supply failures, which compromised the sustainability of access to antiretrovirals and promoted discontinuation and treatment interruptions.
Edition: Nádia Franco
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