D:He said that the corona epidemic, which identified more than 3.1 million officially infected people at the same time, hardly replaced other epidemics in the public and political spotlight. Corona and all of its aftermath also has drastic consequences in the fight against an illness that is still very often fatal. AIDS.
In addition, for the first time in its history, the World AIDS Conference could not take place as planned. The 23rd International Meeting, which takes place every two years, is expected to bring 20,000 conference attendees from all parts of the hardest hit country in the US state of Corona again this week. However, AIDS 2020 did not take place in San Francisco, Oakland, California, but in a much smaller, virtual Internet. This is because, according to the organizers, no studies have been conducted to determine whether HIV-infected people who travel to California in large numbers suffer more from the symptoms of Sars CoV-2 infection than people who travel. :: are not infected with the HI virus.
Covid-19 was one of the key points of the approximately 600 investments that have been broadcast primarily on the Internet in the past five days. With the restrictions on Corona, the consequences are devastating. Thousands of people are at risk of premature death from HIV because they are currently unable to receive life-saving medication. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that a six-month discontinuation of therapy in subgroup countries this year could result in another 500,000 deaths next year. In 2018, around 470,000 people died from AIDS-related diseases such as tuberculosis in the region.
If there are concerns that the closure will continue for six months, it will be resolved in 2008 when around 950,000 people south of the Sahara have died of AIDS. At the same time, the WHO notes that in the six months the number of AIDS-related deaths will increase by 40% a year over five years than expected without Corona. Of the approximately 38 million people living with HIV, around 25.7 million live in sub-Saharan Africa, two thirds of whom had AIDS medication in 2018.
Challenges in 104 countries
But not only people with HIV in Africa suffer from coronary artery disease. According to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, nearly 85% of all HIV programs supported by the organization have difficulty caring for their patients. Countries: First, the shortage has a catastrophic impact on the number of infections in children. Pregnant women infected with HIV can now give birth to healthy children with appropriate therapy.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNAIDS) has set itself the goal of increasing the number of newborns among newborns to 40,000 in 2018, and the target for 2020 is 20,000. But even without the corona, the global community has clearly missed this guide. According to UN AIDS, 150,000 children were born with HIV in 2019, as only 85% of pregnant women worldwide had antiviral drugs. The numbers will deteriorate further due to the crown pandemic. One of the main requirements of AIDS 2020 was therefore that Covid-19 should not provide much-needed funds to fight AIDS.
Two sensational scientific studies were presented during the week. An international research team led by Ricardo Diaz from the University of Sao Paulo “cured” a 34-year-old man infected with HIV. The patient had been infected with the virus since 2012. In addition to standard treatment, he received other antiviral medications during the training period from 2016 to the end of March 2019, including maraviroc tolutegravir and vitamin B nicotinamide. Thereafter, the therapy was stopped. Although the man was off medication for 57 weeks, he had no viruses or antibodies in his body. He would be the third “healed” և without a transplant, as in other cases (“Berlin patient”, “London patient”). Both had cancer and received stem cells from donors protected by genetic mutation from many HI viruses.
The second international study, conducted by a team of researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles and led by scientist Rafael Land at Landovitz, looked at the protection of HIV, which does not have to be taken in tablet form every day. The active ingredient cabotegravir is usually injected with a syringe every two months. This opens up new possibilities for the prevention of so-called pre-existing or short-term effects. In this case, antiviral drugs are used as a preventive measure to protect against HIV infections.
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