Diseases
UN report: Global fight against AIDS stalled
According to a UN report, the fight against AIDS has stalled worldwide. photo
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From Friday the World AIDS Conference will take place again in Montreal with thousands of experts. One thing is certain: the fight against the disease was slowed down by the corona pandemic.
According to a UN report, the fight against AIDS has stalled worldwide. In the past two years – also in view of the corona pandemic and other crises – significantly fewer funds than before were available to fight HIV and AIDS, according to a report published on Wednesday by the UN program for the fight against AIDS ( UNAIDS). In some regions where the number of new infections had previously fallen, they are now rising again; Millions of lives are threatened.