Less infections. New statistics show that the rate of HIV infection, showed (yellow) attack a human cell, fell 20%
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National Institutes of Health
Although no vaccine against HIV exists, progress in the prevention and treatment have led to a growing belief among researchers, public health officials and politicians that the epidemic HIV / AIDS can be stopped with existing tools. Fast Track: to end the AIDS epidemic in 2030 , a report released yesterday by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS), explains how this ambitious goal could be achieved. "HIV infections may not disappear in the foreseeable future, but the AIDS epidemic can be finished as a global threat to health," the report says.
Fast Track updates UNAIDS estimates about the epidemic today. Some 35 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2013, 2.1 million new infections occurred during this year, and AIDS-related deaths totaled 1.5 million. These were slight drops in 2012 and are mainly the result of a big jump in the number of people in low- and middle-income countries receiving antiretroviral therapy, which rose from 9.7 million in 2012 to 13.6 million in June 2014 (treatment both saves lives and leaving infected individuals less likely to transmit the virus.) "It is astonishing acceleration happened," said Executive Director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé science Insider. "In three years, we do what we used to do in 20 years."
But the report notes that if the treatment and prevention efforts are the 2013 level, the epidemic will continue to grow and at an estimated 41.5 million people living with HIV in 2030. fast Track defines "visionary goal" to cut that number to 29.3 million, which would avert an estimated 28 million infections.
Sidibé said a window of opportunity exists today that will not last. "We have five years to build and break the trajectory," said Sidibé. UNAIDS says the key is to raise three points to 0% levels :. People who know their HIV status, receive treatment, and adhere to the medication so that the amount of virus in the blood falls below detectable levels
Fast Track explicitly recognizes that these ambitious targets will be difficult to achieve, the limits especially given funding, but argues that they have intrinsic value. "As previous experience in the AIDS response has shown, the time-bound targets lead progress, promoting accountability and unite the various stakeholders to push toward common goals," said the report.
Initially, Fast- Track notes that 89% of all new HIV infections occur in 30 countries. It also breaks down by income level of these places how much money will be needed by 2020 to meet the 0-0-0 objectives. Low-income countries will need $ 9.7 billion to lower average income of $ 8.7 billion, and higher average revenue of $ 17.2 billion. This is almost double the amount invested today, but UNAIDS estimates that costs will go down after a peak in 2020. "To end the AIDS epidemic in 2030, the international community will again defy expectations, "the report
countries with low income will draw more into their own coffers. fast Track noted that only six African governments have lived up to a commitment made in 01 to devote 15% of their budgets to health. "We failed in these countries to show that health is an investment," said Sidibé. "It is considered an expense of cost by the finance ministers." He said countries like China, India and Brazil can also do more to help sub-Saharan Africa. "Emerging markets should start to go beyond the responsibility of taking care of themselves," he said. "They need to start building the leftmost bridge behind countries."
Only four high-income countries are contributing enough relative to their gross domestic product, the report argues. "There is a huge gap in per capita contributions from donor countries providing an important opportunity for many donors to increase their contributions," she concludes.
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