The UN report show the drop of global HIV Deaths
World AIDS deaths and new HIV infections have dropped 12% each since the peak of AIDS pandemic, according to the latest United Nations report. This report shows some optimistic progress since the beginning of the epidemic. For the first time the UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is able to points to trend going in the right direction.

One of major factor that support this trend is that live-saving HIV treatments got to 1.35 million more people in 2010 than in 2009. In poor and development country that has low and middle income rate, these treatments have save 2.5 million peoples live since 1995. Even so, 53% of people who needs HIV/AIDS treatments cannot get them. That is one reason why in 2010 there were 1.8 million AIDS deaths. Another reason is that there now 34 million people infected by AIDS and 2.7 millions new infections in just last year. Still the drop of death is to be appreciated. And this decrease of deaths plus new infections factor means, the AIDS pandemic is at tipping points. Wise investment now can save millions of future deaths.

The choice for the world is clear. Maintain the current effort and make incremental progress or invest smartly and achieve fast success in HIV/AIDS response. The plan of UNAIDS including 6 parts. The first is focus on key populations at risk in each nation, particularly sex workers and their clients, homosexual, and people who inject drug. Second eliminate HIV infections among children by treating pregnant women with HIV. Behavior change program is the third. The promotion and distribution of Condom is the fourth. Treatment, care, and support for people with HIV. The last is voluntary medical male circumcision in nations with high HIV prevalence. With this part of plan, the hope for ending the AIDS epidemic which near impossible term was used few years ago, was not empty word. With science, political support, community responses are needed to deliver clear, positive result.
http://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/news/20111121/2011-turning-point-in-world-aids-pandemic


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