UN Sees Progress in Battle Against HIV
Pace on new infections dropping among newborns
Progress in the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic is "quickening," according to the United Nations agency charged with the battle.
But millions of people continue to get infected yearly and millions who need therapy still can't get it, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said in a report released Tuesday.
Despite that, "we are really seeing a quickening in the pace of progress over the past 2 years," Bernhard Schwartländer, MD, the agency's director of evidence, innovation, and policy, said in a conference call about the report.
For instance, he said, the number of infections in newborns fell by 23% in 2009 and 2010, compared with a 19% drop in the 6 years from 2002 through 2008.
Hide Comments (0)
Editor's Note: As of February 29, 2024, commenting privileges on reason.com posts are limited to Reason Plus subscribers. Past commenters are grandfathered in for a temporary period. Subscribe here to preserve your ability to comment. Your Reason Plus subscription also gives you an ad-free version of reason.com, along with full access to the digital edition and archives of Reason magazine. We request that comments be civil and on-topic. We do not moderate or assume any responsibility for comments, which are owned by the readers who post them. Comments do not represent the views of reason.com or Reason Foundation. We reserve the right to delete any comment and ban commenters for any reason at any time. Comments may only be edited within 5 minutes of posting. Report abuses.
Please
to post commentsMute this user?
Ban this user?
Un-ban this user?
Nuke this user?
Un-nuke this user?
Flag this comment?
Un-flag this comment?