Between 2005 and 2015, 74 countries experienced a rise in age-standardised incidence rates, notably in Indonesia and the Philippines, north Africa and the Middle East, and eastern Europe, but also in some countries in western Europe (Spain and Greece; table).
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“It is impossible to say exactly how far we are, but one thing we can say is that over the last seven years we have made important strides in the direction of getting a vaccine”, he said, “but getting an HIV vaccine will probably be one of the most important and hard scientific challenges in all of HIV research”.
The new study is based on findings coordinated by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, which includes more than 1,700 collaborators in 124 countries, according to a statement from the institute.
Harry was joined by his Sentebale co-founder, Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, and earlier they toured the conference, visiting Sentebale’s Global Village session about the model of psychosocial support the charity provides to adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa.
“When my mother held the hand of a man dying of AIDS, no one imagined a quarter century later, HIV positive people would live full healthy loving lives”, Harry, 31, told the audience.
Baeten said the study was good news for serodiscordant couples – where one partner is HIV positive and the other HIV negative – who want to have children.
UNAIDS hs set the 90:90:90 targets to end AIDS, which calls for 90% of people to know their HIV status, 90% of people infected to be on treatment, and 90% of those on treatment to have suppressed levels of the virus by 2020 – just five years away.
“This study shows that the AIDS epidemic is not over by any means and that HIV/AIDS remains one of the biggest public health threats of our time”, Piot said. “If they are arrested, we will get them legal aid”.
The results of the GBD paper underscore the need for more effective efforts to prevent new infections, as well as additional funding for these efforts.
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Although global HIV mortality has been declining at 5.5% a year since the mid-2000s, progress has been mixed between regions and countries (figure 1C). “We are investing with our voices, our capacity, and our dollars to help achieve an AIDS-free generation in which no one is left behind, in the USA and around the world”. “We need to work together to maintain this commitment”.
