Today is World AIDS Day and I read an article on MSNBC regarding the status of AIDS around the world. Here are some excerpts.
AIDS is still a global concern and a crisis in Africa.
World health officials say there’s some encouraging data on the HIV front — the number of people infected with the virus that causes AIDS seems to be mostly stable except for Africa.
The figure — about 33 million — has remained virtually unchanged for the last two years.
Officials say the global epidemic probably peaked in 1996. Last year, HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 72 percent of all 2.7 million new HIV cases worldwide.
There is a plan to fight the proliferation of HIV.
“It is very important we don’t continue to have 400,000 babies born with HIV in Africa every year,” Sidibe said.
“That is something that the world can deliver. That is why we are calling for virtual elimination of transmission from mother to child by 2015.”
Prevention programing is often off the mark and that if we do a better job of getting resources and programs to where they will make the most impact, quicker progress can be made and more lives saved
There is hope for the future.
Access to AIDS drugs is helping to cut the death rate. Earlier this year, the U.N. announced there are now 4 million people on lifesaving AIDS drugs
In sub-Saharan Africa, where the scourge of AIDS is most keenly felt, there were 400,000 fewer infections in 2008, or down 15 percent compared to 2001.
There is a way that you can help.
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You can read the MSNBC article in its entirety by clicking here.
You can view an interactive map of AIDS worldwide by clicking here.
You can read another article about the effective treatment of HIV by clicking here.
