'Remarkable global progress': HIV cases and deaths declining
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Paris: The number of new HIV infections and deaths is falling worldwide, marking significant progress in the fight against the disease. But HIV is...
Paris: The number of new HIV infections and deaths is falling worldwide, marking significant progress in the fight against the disease.
But HIV is far from being stamped out and more needs to be done, health experts warned ahead of World AIDS Day on Sunday.
Uneven progress
Fewer people contracted HIV last year than at any point since the rise of the disease in the late 1980s, according to a UNAIDS report on Tuesday.
But the 1.3 million new HIV cases recorded in 2023 is still more than three times higher than needed to reach the UN's goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, the UN agency said.