Officials of the United Nations AIDS Planning Department: Many countries in AIDS prevention and control have been disrupted by the new crown epidemic

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] The United Nations AIDS Planning Agency released the latest report on the 27th, saying that the international anti -AIDS cause is facing severe threats and challenges.According to Reuters on the 28th, a total of 1.5 million people in the world in 2021 were infected with AIDS virus (HIV), and newly infected people decreased by only 3.6%from the previous year, a minimum decline since 2016.The report states that the number of HIV infections in the past few years has shown an upward trend in Eastern Europe, North Africa, central Asia and some countries or regions in Latin America.In the past year, AIDS has won 650,000 people, and an average of one person died of AIDS per minute.At the same time, about 10 million people around the world cannot be effectively treated.

Officials from the United Nations AIDS Planning Department said that AIDS prevention and control has been disrupted by new crown pneumonia's epidemic in many countries in the past two years, and related social services and medical resources have shrunk significantly.The United Nations believes that the world's additional $ 29 billion in funds are currently required to ensure that low -income countries have achieved victory in the campaign of anti -Iran.(Liu Haoran)

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