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nd AIDS by 2030, the United Nations Secretary-General urges the world to address the inequalities that are slowing progress.
“It is imperative to break out of an increasingly costly and unsustainable cycle of achieving some progress against HIV but ultimately not enough to bring about an end to the pandemic,” said Mr Guterres in the report. “Inequalities are the key reason why the 2020 global targets were missed. By ending inequalities, transformative outcomes can be achieved for people living with HIV, communities and countries.”
The global targets set out in the General Assembly’s 2016 Political Declaration on Ending AIDS were missed by a long way, allowing the AIDS pandemic to grow in many regions and countries. The staggering 1.7 million new HIV infections that occurred in 2019 are more than three times higher than the 2020 target of less than 500 000 new infections. In addition, the 690 000 AIDS-related deaths in 2019 far exceed the 2020 target of reducing dea
MSM and trans women have a higher chance of contracting HIV compared to their peers
Experts recommend that healthcare workers provide PrEP education to people who may need it
Men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women are aware of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the daily pill that HIV-negative people can take to prevent HIV infection. According to a study published in
Surveying vulnerable population
According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS, the risk of contracting HIV in men who have sex with men was 22 times higher in 2018 than among adult men as a group. A
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Non-Aligned Movement has always expressed its concerns at the problems faced by the developing world in sectors such as health. NAM recognises that the spread of HIV/AIDS constitutes a global emergency and poses one of the most formidable challenges to the development, progress and stability of their respective societies and the world at large, and requires an exceptional and comprehensive global response.
NAM has acknowledged HIV/AIDS as a cross-cutting issue impacting sustainable development. NAM has recognized the achievement of South-South cooperation in the fight against HIV/AIDS and stressed to give priority attention to the development of cooperation schemes among NAM Member States, as well as to the strengthening of regional and international cooperation to effectively address HIV/AIDS in the fulfilment of SDG 3.