Young people living with HIV are speaking out to end AIDS by 2030 quoting : Metro.co.uk

A group of young people living with HIV have spoken in Parliament, urging MPs to help end AIDS by 2030. Someone with AIDS has to have the HIV virus, but someone with HIV doesn't have to have AIDS. His experience motivated him to better educate people around issues surrounding HIV & AIDS. AIDS, which stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, is the illness caused by the HIV virus. 'It ain't over''We ultimately want zero new HIV infections, zero HIV-related stigma and discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths,' campaigners from Youth Stop AIDS said.




Indeed, the story of how U.S. investments helped transform the world's HIV response is one that Americans can be proud of. The value and success of the U.S. government's investments in the AIDS response are widely recognized by citizens and political leaders alike. UNAIDS modeling shows that failure to increase investment in the HIV response will result in 17.6 million new infections and 10.8 million AIDS related deaths by 2030. I met women with HIV whose babies were born with HIV, even though drugs existed that could prevent this. The U.S. contribution to these initiatives would grow to $6.81 billion per yearin 2016, making the United States the single largest contributor to the global AIDS fight.

As India runs out of live-saving drugs, children living with HIV write letter to PM Modi

The report says that the children friendly HIV drug Lopinavir syrup has ran out from Indian markets after Cipla. Struggling with the shortage of life-saving drugs, Children living with HIV (CLHIV) have written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to address the issue, the Hindu reported on Monday. The report also cited experts who claimed the shortage of drugs are turning into an embarrassment for India's HIV programme. An official from the Ministry told the newspaper that State AIDS Control Societies (SACS) have been instructed to purchase drugs from local markets. The letter was signed by 637 children aged between 3 to 19, asking senior government officials to ensure that proper drugs are not only exported but also made available to CLHIV in India.



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