Zekeng said during the 7th replenishment pre-conference Saturday in Abuja that Global Fund was indispensable in the fight against HIV.
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The report revealed that during the last two years of COVID-19 and other global crises, progress against the HIV pandemic faltered, resources shrunk, and millions of lives remained at risk as a result.
According to UNAIDS report released on Wednesday, studies from England and South Africa have shown that the risk of dying from COVID-19 among people living with HIV was double that of the general population.
The president stated this when he hosted the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Winnie Byanyima, at State House, Abuja, on Tuesday.
He made the disclosure during a candlelight memorial for people who died from the condition in Nigeria,
organised by Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS in Nigeria on Monday in Abuja.
UN agencies warned on Monday that more than half a million people in sub-Saharan Africa could die from AIDS-related illnesses between 2020 and 2021 as a result of health services that are disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Noting that: “The global response to HIV and the Joint Programme provide one of the strongest examples of the value of multilateralism and global solidarity,” she added: “The year 2020 provides us with an opportunity to reflect upon how the Joint Programme can work even better.”
The West Africa Commission on Drugs, UNAIDS and the Global Commission on Drug Policy on Wednesday presented the Model Drug Law for West Africa to Ministers of Health of the Economic Community of West African States.
The UNAIDS has said it is greatly encouraged by the news that an HIV-positive man has been functionally cured of HIV.
In 2017, around 67,000 children (aged 0–9 years) and 69,000 adolescents (aged 10–19 years) became newly infected with HIV.
UNICEF, in a report: ‘Children, HIV and AIDS: The World in 2030’, said current trends indicated AIDS-related deaths and new infections were slowing, but the downward trajectory was not happening fast enough.
According to the report released by UNAIDS, 75 per cent of all people living with HIV or 27 million people, know their HIV status.
A new report from UNAIDS shows that intensified HIV testing and treatment efforts are reaching more people living with HIV.
Folashade Alli, the NGO’s Assistant Coordinator, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos that the rate could have been reduced through proper advocacy.
“Health is a human rights imperative and we are deeply concerned about the lack of political commitment and the failure to invest in proven HIV programmes, particularly for young people and key populations,” said Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS.
In a new report, launched on Wednesday in Paris, France, at an event co-hosted with Coalition PLUS, UNAIDS warns that the global response to HIV is at a precarious point.
In his opening address, the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé, welcomed the Board’s support and reiterated the importance of focusing on the challenges and opportunities ahead in reaching the 2020 Fast-Track commitments agreed by the United Nations General Assembly.
Denmark will increase its contribution to UNAIDS to $6.5 million in 2018 (from 30 million kroner in 2017 to 40 million kroner in 2018).
The plan builds on the progress achieved under the 2013–2018 plan, which provided a framework to advance gender equality and empower women across the UNAIDS Secretariat.
Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Executive Director, made this known in a statement issued by the Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) on Monday in Abuja.