Common for women and girls known methods to avoid infection.
Under the plan, the UN high-level meeting on AIDS will be officially inaugurated in May 6.2011. On this occasion, at the 124 th Meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Council held in Panama from 15-20/4, the UN has released a report showing achievements in the fight against HIV / AIDS is very encouraging rate.
Number of new cases worldwide fell by 20%
According to the UN, the fight against HIV / AIDS is no longer a grayscale. At least 33 countries have witnessed a decline of 25% of new infections.
In the area of treatment, the world record, just five years the number of patients treated with drugs has increased 10 times. Millions of lives have been prolonged. In the area of prevention, the number of new infections has fallen nearly 20% since 2001.
According to UNAIDS estimates, all of Asia has about 5 million people living with HIV, a change not less than five years ago. There are approximately 360,000 new HIV infections in 2009, down about 20% compared to the 450,000 people infected in 2001.
The UN report also noted many countries has made progress in creating an enabling environment for people with HIV can live together, can seek treatment without fear of isolation.
In Latin America and Carribe has about 1.6 million people are infected with HIV virus. According to Director of UNAIDS in Latin America, Cesar Nunez, Latin America has not achieved any progress in the fight against the spread of HIV / AIDS. However, this is the area offers a variety of drugs for most HIV-infected patients. There are about 600,000 people infected with AIDS and about 50% of them receive treatment.
In many South American countries, up to 70% of patients access to drugs. He called on governments throughout Latin America and the Carribe efforts to cope with the spread of HIV, suggesting the government to focus on preventing young people and objects in school.
Towards the goal of "zero " for 2015
According to the ambitious goals of the UN, in 2015, the world will have no new HIV infections and no deaths related to the disease AIDS. 2015 is the year the world entered the third phase of the fight against HIV / AIDS.
The focus of the UN is to achieve the national targets for universal access to HIV services, which are no longer discriminated against people with HIV, common to women and girls to know widespread method to avoid infection and the number of people worldwide are infected have access to medicines.
While the world is beginning to see a reversal of the HIV infection rate and the investment against the disease are beginning to reap success, according to Peter Piot, a former executive director of UNAIDS program United Nations, "despite an improvement in the fight against HIV / AIDS, but still early to declare victory. "
Left by Murray Proctor, Ambassador of HIV / AIDS in Australia, drug prices remain a challenge in the region. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged governments committed to anti-AIDS money, noting that the fund is still about $ 16 billion may be obtained.
