![]() Although three-quarters have access to antiretroviral treatment, about 10 million do not - and the gap in HIV treatment coverage between children and adults is increasing, Byanyima said. In 2021, there were 38.4 million people living with HIV. Their numbers grew more slowly in 2021 than in more than a decade. The report, called In Danger, also found faltering efforts in ensuring access to lifesaving antiretroviral treatment to people living with HIV. In sub-Saharan Africa, adolescent girls and young women are three times more likely than adolescent boys and young men to acquire HIV. This gendered impact, particularly for African girls and young women, happened amid disruption of HIV prevention and treatment services as the COVID-19 pandemic kept millions of girls out of school, said Byanyima. These infections occurred disproportionately among young women and adolescent girls, the report said, with a new infection in that population every two minutes in 2021. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. About 650,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses and there were 1.5 million new HIV infections - over one million more than global targets. And in eastern and southern Africa, rapid progress made in previous years slowed significantly in 2021. In Asia and the Pacific, the world’s most populous region, new HIV infections are rising where they had been falling. If those trends continue, we could see 7.7 million additional AIDS-related deaths in this decade,” she said.Īccording to the UNAIDS report, new HIV infections fell globally in 2021 by only 3.6 per cent from 2020 - the smallest annual decline in new HIV infections since 2016. “In 2021, we lost one person every minute to an AIDS-related illness, even though we have the medicines needed to save those lives. The next issue of Montreal Gazette Headline News will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ welcome email is on its way.
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