Today, the globe will observe World Aids Day with the theme "Equalize, with three major aims" chosen by Sierra Leone.
The 2021 Prevalence Index estimates that 83,000 persons in Sierra Leone are HIV positive. Only approximately half of persons with the infection are aware of it, and those who are unaware of it run a significant risk of spreading it to others.
Increase accessibility, quality, and appropriateness of services for HIV treatment, testing, and prevention so that everyone is well-served are this year's three key objectives.
Even while HIV continues to be a serious public health concern that affects millions of individuals globally, the global HIV response is in risk.
The previous five years have seen a stagnation in HIV targets, a reduction in resources, and a resulting risk to millions of lives.
HIV became and continues to be a worldwide health epidemic due to a number of shortcomings, including division, inequality, and contempt for human rights. WHO is urging world leaders and citizens to courageously acknowledge and address the disparities that are impeding efforts to end AIDS and equalize access to vital HIV services, especially for chip and key populations and their partners—men who have sex with men, transgender people, drug users, sex workers, and people in prison—as well as for these groups' partners.
In 2021, there were over 4,000 new HIV infections (among adults and kids) transmitted per day. In 2021, there were 1.5 million new infections worldwide, with 58% of them occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Sub-Saharan Africa, new HIV infections are most common in girls and young women, who also made up 63% of all new HIV infections in 2021.
The most concerning statistic is that, in 2021, only half of children with HIV have access to life-saving medication.
This year’s report makes foe troubling reading. Interms of the future, there are four key goals as part of this year’s Equalize campaign.
” All children living with HIV have a right to access life-saving medicine.”
” All people living with HIV have a right to high quality essential services.”
” Everyone living with and affected by HIV and Aids has equal human rights as all global citizens.”
” Everyone in all countries has a right to HIV education, prevention and testing services.”
In 2021, there were almost 1.5 million new HIV infections, whereas there were 650,000 Aids-related deaths in the previous year.