Someone died every minute last year from Aids-related causes, says UN
SOMEONE died every minute from Aids-related causes last year, a new United Nations report has revealed.
The report published on Monday by UNAids, the world body’s agency leading the global effort to end the pandemic, said that, last year, nearly 40 million people were living with the HIV virus that causes Aids and over nine million were receiving no treatment.
While advances are being made to end the global Aids pandemic, the report said progress has slowed, funding is shrinking and new infections are on the rise in three regions: the Middle East and north Africa, eastern Europe, central Asia and Latin America.
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