New HIV infections among adolescents are projected to rise from 250,000 in 2015 to nearly 400,000 annually by 2030 if progress in reaching adolescents stalls, according to a new report released by UNICEF today. The report proposes strategies for accelerating progress in preventing HIV among adolescents and treating those who are already infected. Globally there were nearly 2 million adolescents aged 10 -19 living with HIV in 2015. Despite progress in averting new infections and reducing deaths, funding for the AIDS response has declined since 2014, UNICEF said. Over the last ten years, Ethiopia has dramatically reduced new infections and AIDS related deaths by more than 50 per cent (UNAIDS 2015).

Source: Ethiopian News December 01, 2016 15:09 UTC