聯合國表示，透過投資預防和治療，到 2030 年可以終結愛滋病
2023 年 7 月 13 日 / 路透社健康信息
日內瓦（路透社）——聯合國周四表示，如果各國表現出投資於預防和治療並採取非歧視性法律的政治意願，那麼到 2030 年消滅愛滋病是有可能的。
根據聯合國愛滋病規劃署 (UNAIDS) 的數據，到 2022 年，全球估計有 3,900 萬人感染愛滋病毒。 如果不及時治療，愛滋病毒可能會發展為愛滋病。
聯合國愛滋病規劃署在周四發布的一份報告中表示：「如果我們追隨那些做出強有力的政治承諾、以人為本並投資於循證愛滋病毒預防和治療計畫國家的領導，我們就有了解決方案。」
報告稱，有效應對愛滋病毒還意味著採取非歧視性法律和賦予社區網絡權力等舉措。 在許多國家，愛滋病毒感染者或愛滋病患者面臨污名、歧視和暴力。
報告稱：「在財政投資最多的國家和地區，進展最為強勁，例如東部和南部非洲，自 2010 年以來，這些地區的新愛滋病毒感染人數已減少了 57%。」
不過，它補充說，東歐和中亞以及中東和北非的新感染病例急劇增加。
報告稱：「這些趨勢主要是由於缺乏針對邊緣化和重點人群的愛滋病毒預防服務以及懲罰性法律和社會歧視造成的障礙。」
據聯合國愛滋病規劃署稱，去年有 130 萬人新感染愛滋病毒，63 萬人死於愛滋病相關疾病。
（Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber 報導；Bill Berkrot 編輯）
AIDS Can Be Ended by 2030 With Investments in Prevention and Treatment, UN Says
July 13, 2023 / Reuters Health Information
GENEVA (Reuters) – It is possible to end AIDS by 2030 if countries demonstrate the political will to invest in prevention and treatment and adopt non-discriminatory laws, the United Nations said on Thursday.
In 2022, an estimated 39 million people around the world were living with HIV, according to UNAIDS, the United Nations AIDS program. HIV can progress to AIDS if left untreated.
“We have a solution if we follow the leadership of countries that have forged strong political commitment to put people first and invest in evidence-based HIV prevention and treatment programmes,” UNAIDS said in a report published on Thursday.
It said an effective response to HIV also meant adopting non-discriminatory laws and empowering community networks, among other initiatives. People living with HIV or AIDS in many countries face stigma, discrimination and violence.
“Progress has been strongest in the countries and regions that have the most financial investments, such as in eastern and southern Africa, where new HIV infections have been reduced by 57% since 2010,” the report said.
It added, however, that there has been a steep increase in new infections in eastern Europe and central Asia, as well as in the Middle East and North Africa.
“These trends are due primarily to a lack of HIV prevention services for marginalized and key populations and the barriers posed by punitive laws and social discrimination,” it said.
Last year, 1.3 million people became newly infected with HIV and 630,000 died from AIDS-related illnesses, according to UNAIDS.
(Reporting by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Bill Berkrot)