UN/ AIDS RESPONSE UPDATE

Accelerated progress in HIV/AIDS response has been reported in most parts of the world; however, there are worrying signs that some regions and countries are not on track to meet global targets and commitments on HIV. FILE

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Production Date: 20 November 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: JOINT UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME ON HIV-AIDS - UNAIDS
• Subject Topical: HEALTH SERVICES; DISEASE PREVENTION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; HIV AND AIDS
• MAMS Id: U131120c

Description

STORY: UN/ AIDS RESPONSE UPDATE
TRT: 1:39
SOURCE: WHO/ UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: FILE

Shotlist

FILE - 26 APRIL 2013, ALGIERS CITY, ALGERIA

1. Med shot, woman in consultation with doctor over ARV
2. Close up, ARV
3. Close up, patient lies down on bed
4. Close up, blood pressure being taken
5. Med shot, patient gets up
6. Med shot, patient at pharmacy getting ARV
7. Med shot, prescription being handed over
8. Wide shot, health worker putting ARV into a plastic bag

FILE – WHO – NOVEMBER 2011, KHARTOUM, SUDAN

9. Various shots, voluntary counselling and testing activities

FILE – WHO – NOVEMBER 2011, KHARTOUM, SUDAN

10. Various shots, voluntary counselling and testing activities

FILE – UNICEF - 11 NOVEMBER 2011, TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN

11. Various shots, HIV masked children at HIV day care center
12. Various shots, ARV drugs on top of fridge in kitchen
13. Pan left, HIV child at kitchen

Storyline

Accelerated progress in HIV/AIDS response has been reported in most parts of the world; however, there are worrying signs that some regions and countries are not on track to meet global targets and commitments on HIV.

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) reports that new HIV infections have been on the rise in Eastern Europe and Central Asia by 13 percent since 2006. The Middle East and North Africa has seen a doubling of new HIV infections since 2001.

In many cases stalled progress is due to inadequate access to essential HIV services. Key populations including men who have sex with men, people who use drugs, transgender people and sex workers, are often blocked from accessing life-saving services.

Investments focused on reaching key populations have not kept pace. Funding for HIV prevention services for men who have sex with men is especially limited in East Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, and across sub-Saharan Africa.

Investments lag in a number of countries where HIV prevalence among people who inject drugs is high. Ten countries in which HIV prevalence among people who inject drugs exceeds 10 percent allocate less than 5 percent of HIV spending to harm reduction programmes.

Notwithstanding sex workers’ disproportionate risk of acquiring HIV, prevention programmes for sex workers account for a meagre share of HIV prevention funding globally.

While much work needs to be done in Eastern Europe, for the first time in 2012, Ukraine has reported a decline in the number of newly identified HIV cases, representing a new turning point for the country. There are an estimated 200,000 people living with HIV in Ukraine.

At 21.5 percent, HIV prevalence is highest among people who inject drugs.

However, by working together, the Ukrainian government and civil society organizations are striving to provide essential HIV services to support key populations, using evidence to guide investments and programmes. In 2011, Ukraine also amended its AIDS law which now guarantees harm reduction services for people who inject drugs, confidentiality of HIV status for people living with HIV and removal of HIV-related travel restrictions.