Key Points
The number of people on antiretroviral treatment worldwide rose almost fourfold, from 7.7 million in 2010 to 29.8 million in 2022..
HIV treatment averted almost 21 million AIDS-related deaths between 1996 and 2022..
New Delhi The world can end AIDS or at least achieve considerable reduction in new infections by 2030, the United Nations agency UNAIDS said on Thursday as it released its annual AIDS update, which found that new HIV infections had been cut by 59% since its peak in 1995 and the epidemic can be reined in by investing substantially in prevention and treatment.S)..
UNAIDS analysis also shows some countries where HIV incidence is declining, including India, Dominican Republic, Kyrgyzstan and Togo, are putting between 3% and 16% of HIV spending towards prevention programmes for people from key populations..
Indias own AIDS 2022 report showed that at the national level, estimated adult HIV prevalence (15-49 years) has declined since the epidemics peak in 2000 where prevalence was estimated at 0.55% in 2000, through to 0.32% in 2010, and 0.21% in 2021..
