World AIDS Day: UN urges leaders to ‘take the rights path to end AIDS’ by 2030
1 December 2024
On World AIDS Day, the United Nations is calling on leaders to “take the rights path to end AIDS” by 2030.
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, said in a statement that “the world has made significant progress in the fight against AIDS, but we are still far from ending this pandemic.”
“Today, on World AIDS Day, we recommit to leaving no one behind and taking the rights path to end AIDS by 2030,” he said.
The UN is urging leaders to take a number of steps to end AIDS by 2030, including:
- Ensuring that everyone has access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services
- Addressing the stigma and discrimination that still surround HIV
- Promoting and protecting the human rights of people living with HIV
The UN is also calling on leaders to invest in research and development of new HIV prevention and treatment tools.
“We have the tools and the knowledge to end AIDS,” said Guterres. “Now is the time to act.”
Background
World AIDS Day is held on 1 December each year to raise awareness of the AIDS pandemic and to commemorate those who have died from the disease.
The first World AIDS Day was held in 1988. At the time, there were an estimated 100,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States. Today, there are an estimated 37.7 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide.
Significant progress has been made in the fight against AIDS in recent years. In 2000, there were an estimated 2.8 million AIDS-related deaths. In 2021, there were an estimated 680,000 AIDS-related deaths.
However, the AIDS pandemic is still a major global health challenge. In 2021, there were an estimated 1.5 million new HIV infections.
The rights path to ending AIDS
The UN believes that the only way to end AIDS by 2030 is to take a rights-based approach. This means ensuring that everyone has access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services, without fear of stigma or discrimination.
The UN is calling on leaders to take the following steps to take the rights path to ending AIDS:
- Ensure that everyone has access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services. This includes providing free or low-cost HIV testing, counseling, and treatment. It also includes providing access to condoms and other HIV prevention tools.
- Address the stigma and discrimination that still surround HIV. This includes educating people about HIV and how it is transmitted. It also includes working to change attitudes and behaviors that discriminate against people living with HIV.
- Promote and protect the human rights of people living with HIV. This includes ensuring that people living with HIV have the same rights as everyone else, including the right to health, education, and employment.
- Invest in research and development of new HIV prevention and treatment tools. This includes developing new vaccines, drugs, and other tools to prevent and treat HIV.
The UN believes that by taking the rights path, we can end AIDS by 2030.
World AIDS Day: UN urges leaders to ‘take the rights path to end AIDS’ by 2030
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