According to the report, two decades ago, more than 2.5 million people contracted HIV each year and AIDS killed two million people a year. Very effective but expensive treatments had been developed, so their distribution and use was very limited. However, today, 29.8 million of the 39 million people living with HIV in the world receive life-saving treatment.
In the last three years, there has been an increase, per year, of 1.6 million people with access to treatment. If this trend were to continue, the number of 35 million people on HIV treatment could be reached by 2025.
Open access to HIV treatment has reduced the number of deaths by approximately 69% from the peak in 2004. Countries such as Botswana, Eswatini, Rwanda, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zimbabwe, all in sub-Saharan Africa, have already achieved the 95-95-95 objectives. This means that 95% of people living with HIV know their HIV status, 95% of people who know they are living with HIV are receiving life-saving antiretroviral treatment, and 95% of people are under treatment is achieving suppression of the virus. Another 16 countries, eight of them in sub-Saharan Africa, the region where 65% of all people living with HIV are concentrated, are also close to doing so.
The evidence that the greatest advances have occurred in those countries that opt for invest is proven and effective strategies, such as specific prevention programs; the eradication of the inequalities, stigmatization and discriminate; as well as in the improvement and reinforcement of the healthcare systems and community and of the social protection programs.
The aforementioned lead the way to ending AIDS, in addition to helping to address other future pandemics and progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals measures.
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