Scales tip in fight against AIDS, 1 million lives lost in 2016, down
50% from 2006: UN report
New Delhi: A United Nations report
has shown that one million people have died due to AIDS in 2016 globally - almost half the 2005 toll (1.9 million) that
marked the peak of the deadly epidemic.
The UN report released on Thursday
said that the scales have tipped in the fight against AIDS, with more than half
of people infected with HIV now getting treatment and AIDS-related deaths
almost halving since 2005.
According to data published ahead of
an AIDS science conference opening in Paris on Sunday, not only are new HIV
infections and deaths declining, but more people than ever are on life-saving
treatment.
The UNAIDS agency, in its latest
global report on the pandemic, which has killed around 35 million people
worldwide since it began in the 1980s, said there were particularly encouraging
signs in Africa, a continent ravaged by the disease.
The report said Eastern and southern
Africa are leading the way, reducing new HIV infections by nearly 30 percent
since 2010, and average life expectancy has increased by nearly 10 years from
2006 to 2016. Africa, for example, average life expectancy increased by nearly 10
years from 2006 to 2016.
Whereas Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda
and Zimbabwe have gone further, cutting new HIV infections by 40 percent or
more since 2010.
The report warned, however, that not
all regions are making progress.
21.07.2017
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