14 July 2015 — Addis Ababa/Geneva - UNAIDS
The AIDS targets of MDG 6—halting and reversing the spread of HIV—have been achieved and exceeded, according to a new report released today by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). New HIV infections have fallen by 35% and AIDS-related deaths by 41%. The global response to HIV has averted 30 million new HIV infections and nearly 8 million (7.8 million) AIDS-related deaths since 2000, when the MDGs were set.
"The world has delivered on halting and reversing the AIDS epidemic," said Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations. "Now we must commit to ending the AIDS epidemic as part of the Sustainable Development Goals." Continue reading...