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Thousands of activists from various countries gathered today in Amsterdam to protest the barriers to access to HIV medications and lack of funding for the fight against AIDS.
The demonstration took place before the beginning of the 22nd
Activists tried to illustrate what they consider to be a lack of political will, criticizing the reduction of funding for research on the disease as well as discrimination and stigmatization of people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus
Leading the protest, the Dutch princess Mabel called for an end to "the stigma that still exists everywhere around this disease ", whereas it is high to" accelerate not to fail the goal of the elimination of AIDS in 2030 "established by the UN
For five days, scientists , activists, politicians and people with AIDS will converge in the Dutch city to discuss the issue after the UN agency for AIDS warned that in 2017 there will be had no major advances in years money for research and the fight against the disease
"May decline," said UNAIDS last week.
About 1.8 million people were infected with the virus in 2017, or 5.3% less than in 2016, while the number of deaths decreased by 5%, reaching 940,000 people.
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