A
recent report from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
shows dramatic acceleration towards reaching the 2015 global targets on HIV.
New HIV infections among
adults and children were estimated at 2.3 million in 2012, a 33% reduction
since 2001. New HIV infections among children have been reduced to 260 000 in
2012, a reduction of 52% since 2001. AIDS-related deaths have also dropped by
30% since the peak in 2005 as access to antiretroviral treatment expands.
By the end of 2012, some
9.7 million people in low- and middle-income countries were accessing
antiretroviral therapy, an increase of nearly 20% in just one year. In 2011, UN
Member States agreed to a 2015 target of reaching 15 million people with HIV
treatment. However, as countries scaled up their treatment coverage and as new
evidence emerged showing the HIV prevention benefits of antiretroviral therapy,
the World Health Organization set new HIV treatment guidelines, expanding the
total number of people estimated to be in need of treatment by more than 10
million.
Significant results have
also been achieved towards meeting the needs of tuberculosis (TB) patients
living with HIV, as TB-related deaths among people living with HIV have
declined by 36% since 2004.
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For
futher details, please click here to access the UNAIDS Report 2013
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