UN Urges Redoubled Efforts to End AIDS by 2030

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today urged a redoubled effort to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. On World AIDS Day, the UN chief recalled that ending this epidemic once and for all would transform lives and futures.

The progress achieved is undeniable. Since 2010, new infections have decreased by 40 percent and deaths by more than half. There is greater access to treatment, but for many, the crisis continues, he noted.

In this regard, he pointed out that millions of people still lack access to HIV prevention and treatment services. Due to their identity, place of residence, or the stigma they face.

Furthermore, he warned that the reduction in resources puts lives at risk and threatens hard-won gains.

Ending AIDS means empowering communities, investing in prevention, and expanding access to treatment for all. It means uniting innovation with action and ensuring that new tolos. Such as injectable medications, reach more people in need, he said.

At every step, we must base our work on human rights to ensure that no one is left behind. Ending AIDS as a threat by 2030 is within reach. Let us get to work, he concluded.

Recently, the Pan American Health Organization and the UN Children’s Fund indicated that the world could regress decades in the response to HIV if urgent action is not taken. Especially regarding the protection of children, adolescents, and key populations in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Projections indicate that, if current levels are maintained, 1.9 million new childhood infections and 990,000 deaths will be recorded between now and 2040. However, if program coverage is reduced by half, these numbers would increase by 1.1 million HIV-positive children and 820,000 AIDS-related deaths during the same period.

With information from Prensa Latina

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