HIV infections fall to lowest level in history in 2023, says UNAIDS

The Manila Times

HIV infections fall to lowest level in history in 2023, says UNAIDS  UNAIDS, the United Nations agency charged with fighting AIDS, holds a press conference on the publication of a new report. HIV infections fell to their lowest level in history in 2023, though this decline is still considered too slow to achieve the goal of virtually eradicating the epidemic by 2030.   AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes #worldnews #hiv #unaids

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00:00and let me hold up the report to start with so you can all have a look about

00:04as we launch UNAIDS World AIDS Day event. This report shows that upholding

00:16laws and policies and practices and practices that block communities

00:21and peer counselors. The AIDS response is at a crossroads.

00:301.3 million people around the world newly acquired HIV, three times more than the

00:48global target set for 2025 of no more than 370,000 new HIV infections in a year.

00:55Of the almost 40 million people living with HIV, 9.3 million people are still not accessing

01:02life-saving treatment. And last year alone, 630,000 people died of AIDS.

01:09In at least 28 countries, the number of new HIV infections is on the rise.

01:14To bring down the trajectory of new HIV infections and of AIDS-related death,

01:19it is imperative that life-saving HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and care

01:24can be reached without fear by all who need them, no matter who they are and where they live.

01:30But when girls are denied education, when there is impunity for gender-based violence,

01:36and when people can be arrested for who they are or who they love,

01:41the result is that people are blocked from care. This drives the AIDS pandemic.

01:46So today, as UNAIDS, we call on leaders to remove discriminatory laws that violate human rights,

01:53to resource community-led responses to protect human rights, and to take a human rights approach

01:58to enable access to medical innovations for people in every region of the world.

02:03The AIDS response is at a crossroads. Upholding the human rights of everyone is the path that ends AIDS.

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