UNICEF / UNICEF: 360,000 teenagers at risk of dying from AIDS by 2030

Friday 1440/3/22 corresponding to 2018/11/30

The United Nations 21 November 1440 H corresponding to 29 November 2018 SPA
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) called for an urgent and rapid expansion of treatment and prevention programs for adolescents of both sexes, while the decline in the number of deaths related HIV and AIDS has slowed down considerably.
Some 76 adolescents or adolescents are at risk of dying each day (about 360,000 by 2030), if no additional investment is available in HIV prevention programs, medical diagnosis of injuries and existing programs. Treatment.
"The report reveals that the world is still far from the right track to eradicate AIDS among children and adolescents by 2030," said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fur.
UNICEF estimates that nearly 700 adolescents aged 10 to 19 years are infected with HIV every day, the equivalent of an injury every two minutes.
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