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Only 52% Children With HIV Receive Life-Saving Treatment Globally: WHO

Arpita SarkarAugust 2, 20220

The World Health Organization (WHO), along with other global partners including UNAIDS and UNICEF, announced on Tuesday that only half (52%) of children with HIV are on life-saving treatment worldwide. According to the UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2022 released recently, this figure among children lags behind that of adults where three quarters (76%) are taking antiretrovirals. WHO said, "Concerned by the stalling of progress for children, and the widening gap between children and adults, UNAIDS, UNICEF, WHO and partners have brought together a global alliance to ensure that no child living with HIV is denied treatment by the end of the decade and to prevent new infant HIV infections." The leaders at the International AIDS Conference in Montreal, Canada announced the new Global Alli...

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HIV Awarness Increased In Country: Central Government

Arpita SarkarMay 12, 20220

Awareness has increased a bit, but the deficit remains quite a bit. Nearly 30% of parents in the country do not want their child to attend classes with an HIV-infected student. Similarly, at least 35% of men and women object to buying goods from an HIV-infected grain seller. As far as awareness is concerned, only 30% of men in the country know about the disease in detail. The situation in West Bengal is even worse. The survey said, "Only 15%of men in the state have complete knowledge about HIV. The women of Bengal have more information about the disease than the men of this state." The National Health Family Survey shows that although awareness is higher than ever before, there are still misconceptions about HIV in society and in the family. For example, about 51% of women and at...