UN optimistic on conquering AIDS by 2030

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GENEVA, 04 June 2021, (TON): Forty years on since the first AIDS cases were reported, the United Nations said on Thursday it was cautiously optimistic that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) the virus that causes the disease could be beaten by 2030.

The UNAIDS agency said at least 40 countries were on track to achieve a 90% drop in AIDS-related mortality by 2030, including nine countries in eastern and southern Africa.

In a report, the Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS said that 37.6 million people worldwide were living with HIV in 2020.

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