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HIV / AIDS ADVANCER
STORY: HIV / AIDS ADVANCER
TRT: 1:55
SOURCE: UNAIDS
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: RECENT, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE
FILE – 9 APRIL 2011, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
1. Med shot, people coming to get medicine at pharmacy in clinic
2. Close up, medicine being handed over
3. Close up, ARV pills pouring out onto black cloth
RECENT, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Michel Sidibé, Executive Director, UNAIDS:
“In the 30 years we have been able to achieve, many things starting by breaking the conspiracy of silence. We have been increasing the number of people on treatment. Ten years back, people were saying to us it’s not possible to give treatment to poor people. Today we have more than 6.6 million people, most of them coming from the poorest segment of the society, having access to treatment. We have been able to stabilize and reduce significantly, the new infection in more than 60 countries.”
FILE – 28 APRIL 2011, UGENYA DISTRICT, NAIROBI, KENYA
5. Various shots, man taking ARV
FILE – 26 APRIL 2011, NAIROBI, KENYA
6. Various shots, condom counselling
RECENT, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Michel Sidibé, Executive Director, UNAIDS:
“The world should not accept that baby could be born with HIV. We need to have by 2015 a generation free of HIV. That is what I think the world should commit themselves to do and it is possible and it is one of the most beautiful achievement we could certainly leave to the generation to come.”
FILE – 2010, THAILAND
8. Med shot, doctor talking to patient
9. Close up, pills
10. Wide shot, consultation
Ahead of the high-level meeting on AIDS, head of the Joint United Nations (UN) Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Michel Sidibé called the rise in the number of people receiving treatment and the reduction and stablization of new infections in more than 60 countries some of the significant achievements in the fight against the disease in the last 30 years.
In a recent interview, Sidibé, who will be at the UN headquarters tomorrow convening the meeting, added that “today we have more than 6.6 million people, most of them coming from the poorest segment of the society, having access to treatment.”
According to a new report “AIDS at 30: Nations at the crossroad,” at the end of last year, many of the people receiving antiretroviral (ARV) therapy are in low- and middle-income countries. UNAIDS reported that this is a nearly 22-fold increase since 2001.
Moreover, the global rate of new HIV infections declined by nearly 25 percent between 2001 and 2009. In India, the rate of new HIV infections fell by more than 50 percent and in South Africa by more than 35 percent. Both countries have the largest number of people living with HIV on their continents.
In recent years, there has also been significant progress in preventing new HIV infections among children as increasing numbers of pregnant women living with HIV have gained access to antiretroviral prophylaxis during pregnancy, delivery and breastfeeding. The number of children newly infected with HIV in 2009 was 26 percent lower than in 2001.
Sidibé said “the world should not accept that a baby could be born with HIV” adding that the world should commit “to have by 2015 a generation free of HIV.”
Latest UNAIDS estimates show that about 34 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2010 and nearly 30 million have died from AIDS-related causes since AIDS was first reported 30 years ago.
Tomorrow until 10 June, the international community is expected to come together to review progress and chart the future course of the global AIDS response at the high-level meeting on AIDS.
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