The report highlights an increase in HIV infections in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Latin America. The result was that the AIDS response suffered," said Matthew Kavanagh, deputy executive director at UNAIDS. In richer countries, HIV rates are higher among people of color than white people. There were, for instance, successful rollouts of antiretroviral treatments in Cote d'Ivoire, Malawi and Kenya, and that contributed to a decline in new adult HIV infections. "If [they do], we can get the HIV response back on track, but if [they don't], we will be in deep trouble.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 05, 2022 04:09 UTC