One person dies from AIDS-related illness every minute

UNAIDS says the AIDS pandemic can be ended by 2030 if more is done to
fund initiatives and protect human rights. In a new report released this week, the organisation says if world leaders stick to their commitments the public health threat can be ended. Jody Jacobs reports from the United Nations in New York.

 

Meanwhile, new HIV infections are rising in three regions, namely the Middle East and North Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and Latin America. UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima in a media statement Tuesday said that globally, of the 39.9 million people living with HIV, 9.3 million, nearly a quarter, are not receiving life-saving treatment. Byanyima told the SABC that as a consequence, a person dies from AIDS-related causes every minute,” but there are measures in place.