Global health day brings attention to AIDS and HIV

Official records say there are 27,604 patients in the State and only 19,663 have registered under the AIDS Control Society for ART. She spoke on various treatments, including antiretroviral therapy (ART), available for HIV patients. Maximizing these tools requires working together to confront and overcome the challenges that remain.

For global health advocates, December 1 is an opportunity to focus the world's attention on the fight against AIDS.

HIV has killed an estimated 39 million people to date and is at epidemic levels globally, CNN has reported. The path forward is clearer than ever, and the time to act is now.

An estimated 781,000 people in Brazil are now living with HIV, the country's ministry of health said Tuesday to coincide with World AIDS Day.

CNN has reached out to a number of Republican presidential candidates for comment on World AIDS Day.

"I counseled a gay man, a 32-year-old gay man last month who was diagnosed", Milano told MetroFocus Host Jack Ford.

Mrs Kenyatta said new HIV infections among the youth may reverse the gains made in the fight against the virus.

AIDS Free Pittsburgh joins similar efforts underway in San Francisco, where HIV infection rates have been reduced by 30 percent since 2012, as well as NY state and Washington state. However, those affected are living longer and Kloeckl said HIV and AIDS has become a forgotten disease.

Minister Haufiku commended the new World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations on providing treatment to anyone who tests HIV positive regardless of their CD4 count and using treatment as prevention to vulnerable populations as a positive development in ending HIV infections.

He then stressed the importance of a multi-sectoral approach to HIV/AIDS through active participation of all stakeholders including Civil Society Organisations, Private sector, Faith-based organisations, communities and people living with HIV and AIDS.

"When you take a look at national averages, there are a minority of people living with HIV/AIDS that are on treatment and doing well", he says.

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