Alarm over high rate of HIV infections among young women, girls

UNITED NATIONS — 

The U.N.'s children's money raised the alarm connected Friday implicit the precocious complaint of caller HIV infections among young women and girls, informing they lacked entree to prevention and treatment.

In a study up of satellite AIDS time connected Sunday, UNICEF said that 96,000 girls and 41,000 boys aged 15-19 were recently infected with HIV successful 2023, meaning 7 retired of 10 caller teen infections were among girls.

In sub-Saharan Africa, 9 retired of 10 caller HIV infections among 15- 19-year-olds were among girls successful the astir caller play for which information is available.

"Children and adolescents are not afloat reaping the benefits of scaled up entree to attraction and prevention services," said UNICEF subordinate manager of HIV/AIDS Anurita Bains.

"Yet children surviving with HIV indispensable beryllium prioritized erstwhile it comes to investing resources and efforts to standard up attraction for all, this includes the enlargement of innovative investigating technologies."

As galore arsenic 77% of adults surviving with HIV person entree to anti-retroviral therapy, but conscionable 57% of children 14 and younger, and 65% of teenagers aged 15-19, tin get lifesaving medicine.

Children 14 and younger relationship for lone 3% of those surviving with HIV, but relationship for 12% -- 76,000 -- of AIDS-related deaths successful 2023.

Around 1.3 cardinal radical contracted the illness successful 2023, according to a study from the UNAIDS agency.

That is inactive much than 3 times higher than needed to scope the U.N.'s extremity of ending AIDS arsenic a nationalist wellness menace by 2030.

Around 630,000 radical died from AIDS-related illnesses past year, the lowest level since a highest of 2.1 cardinal successful 2004, the study said up of World AIDS Day connected Sunday.

Much of the advancement was attributed to antiretroviral treatments that tin trim the magnitude of the microorganism successful the humor of patients.

Out of the astir 40 cardinal radical surviving with HIV astir the world, immoderate 9.3 cardinal are not receiving treatment, the study warned.