Other global findings As of June 2015, 15.8 million people living with HIV were accessing antiretroviral therapy, up from 13.6 million in June 2014.
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Public Health Minister Jane Ellison said: We have made great strides in HIV treatment, and those people speaking out about their condition are helping reduce the stigma around it. But until HIV is a thing of the past, there is more to do and we need to be bold.
The World Health Organization’s theme from the year 2011 to 2015 for the World AIDS Day Campaign is, “Getting to zero: zero new HIV infections”.
It’s HIV testing week and figures released today show there has been a 33% increase in the number of people living with HIV in Cornwall since 2010.
Immediate treatment is not only good for the health of the person with HIV – it also makes them less infectious.
He prioritised the need for education for people living with the virus on the importance of not spreading it and improving their access to health services. UNAids launched its 90-90-90 targets – which have to be reached by 2020 – last year, in an effort to end the Aids epidemic by 2030. In the last five years, the number of people on life-saving treatment has doubled while incidents of new cases have declined since 2000.
“There are more reasons to know your HIV status than there are not to, so we would encourage local people to use the opportunity of National HIV Testing Week to get tested”.
One young woman, who contracted HIV from her parents, said she had never disclosed her health status to her employer, her friends or even her sweetheart.
2 million (1.9 million-2.2 million) people became newly infected with HIV by the end of 2014.
“Currently, they have over three million people on drugs”, he said at a press conference to commence this year’s World AIDS Day in Abuja.
“ViiV Healthcare chose to sponsor these awards because we feel it is important to support and foster the next generation of researchers who are helping to drive our understanding of, and response to, HIV”, Dr Drummond said.
“While an increase in HIV testing could be one factor for the high number of reported HIV cases, the main factor is that there is a genuine increase in the number of infections”, he said.
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“We must take HIV services to the people who are most affected, and ensure that these services are delivered in a safe, respectful environment with dignity and free from discrimination”. Meanwhile, AIDS-related deaths have fallen by about 40 percent since such deaths peaked in 2004.
