UNAIDS calls to quicken the pace of action to end AIDS
21 October 2017
The Fast-Track approach is saving more and more lives. In 2016, 19.5 million people—more than half the 36.7 million people living with HIV—were accessing life-saving treatment. The number of people who died from AIDS-related illnesses has been reduced by nearly half since 2005, and the global number of new HIV infections has been reduced by 11% since 2010. However, the pace of action to end the AIDS epidemic as a global health threat by 2030 is still not quick enough. Ending AIDS will require a renewed sense of global urgency and steadfast political commitment. To step up progress and achieve the global and regional targets adopted in the 2016 United Nations Political Declaration on Ending AIDS, all partners—governments, implementers, civil society and communities—need to adopt Fast-Track.
