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Back to the topic AIDS & Corona – How can AIDS be defeated by 2030?

Progress is dependent on the government

From July 6th to 10th this year as part of the World AIDS Conference been informed about the latest treatment methods. So far, fighting the disease has made great strides in many countries. Over the past decade a significant decrease in new infections been recorded. At the same time, there are still countries with conservative and homophobic governments that ignore the issue. However, financial support and public awareness work are important elements in the fight against the HI virus.

If you have ambitious goals, they can also be achieved. But politics has to participate, the pharmaceutical industry has to participate. And people with HIV need to be involved.

Peter Wiessner, Action Alliance against AIDS

Photo: Peter Wiessner

AIDS and Corona

Above all, the financing of AIDS prevention suffers from COVID-19. The funds that have been used to combat the HIV epidemic are currently mainly used for research and measures against the corona virus. Thereby Drug production stopped and supply chains have been broken. In addition, people around the world have avoided visits to doctors or clinics. The long interruption of HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa, for example could lead to more than 500,000 additional deaths in 2020 and 2021. This in turn can cause AIDS mortality in this region alone to return to 2008 levels.

With eradication, we actually need a vaccine and we still don’t have it after 30 years.

Ulf Dittmer, Institute of Virology at the University Hospital Essen

Ulf Dittmer, Institute of Virology at the University Hospital Essen

What needs to be done to combat the spread of the HI virus faster and how the corona pandemic affects the containment of new infections?etektor.fm-Moderator Johannes Schmidt with Peter Wiessner spoken. He is the press spokesman for the “Action Alliance Against AIDS”. Ulf Dittmer from Institute of Virology in Essen reports on the current state of research on treatment methods.

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