6:50 p.m .: The fight against HIV slowed down by Covid-19 in Africa
The fight against HIV, which had progressed considerably over the past ten years, has been slowed down by the appearance of Covid-19, the WHO warned on Tuesday, which calls for simultaneously combating these two pandemics. Many countries have fallen behind international targets “and the difficulties related to Covid-19 have made the situation worse,” the World Health Organization said in a statement.
According to data from the International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (ICASA), which is currently being held in South Africa, only nine countries are on track to meet the target: Botswana, Cape Verde, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda and Zimbabwe. Sub-Saharan Africa is home to two-thirds (67%) of people living with HIV, according to the UN, and women and girls account for 63% of new infections. With 7.8 million cases, South Africa is the most affected country in the world.
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