The UN is urging organizations to open up access to generic HIV drugs to reduce the cost of AIDS treatment.
The UN believes that by 2030, AIDS can be completely eradicated with the combined efforts and support of local communities. To achieve this, it is necessary to open access to generic drugs for HIV treatment, the UN believes.
This will reduce the cost of AIDS treatment from 25 thousand US dollars per person per year in 1995 to 70 US dollars in the regions where the disease is most often registered. This is stated in the report on the website of the United Nations Joint Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
For example, such programs in Nigeria have increased access to HIV treatment by 64%. In addition, the likelihood of using HIV prevention measures has doubled and condom use has quadrupled.
Another example is Tanzania, where HIV incidence among sex workers decreased after a peer counseling package became available.
"There is a pathway that will lead to defeating AIDS and ending it by 2030, but only if communities are given leadership," the report concludes.
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