UN Sessions – HIV Report, 2007
Status of the epidemic - As of December 2007, an estimated 33.2
million people worldwide were living with HIV. In 2007, an
estimated 2.5 million were newly infected and 2.1 million AIDS
deaths occurred.
HIV Knowledge - 40 per cent of young males (ages 15-24) and 36 per
cent of young females had accurate knowledge regarding HIV — still
well below the 95 per cent goal. PREVENTION
The percentage of HIV-infected pregnant women receiving
antiretroviral to prevent mother-to-child transmission increased
from 14 per cent in 2005 to 34 per cent in 2007.
Globally, most injecting drug users and men who have sex with men
lack meaningful access to HIV-prevention services. Access to Sex
workers is sharply limited in many countries.
HIV Treatment - Antiretroviral coverage rose by 42 per cent in
2007, reaching 3 million people in low and middle-income
countries, approximately 30 per cent of those in need. Only 31 per
cent of individuals living with HIV and TB co-infection received
both antiretroviral and anti-TB drugs in 2007.
As per the surveys in 11 high-prevalence countries, an estimated
15 per cent of orphans live in households receiving some form of
assistance. DISCRIMINATION AND STIGMA
One third of countries still lack legal protections. While 74 per
cent of countries have policies in place to ensure equal access to
HIV-related services for vulnerable groups, 57 per cent of these
have laws or policies that impede access to HIV services.
Financing - Funding for HIV-related activities in low-income and
middle-income countries reached US$ 10 billion in 2007 — a 12 per
cent increase over 2006 and a tenfold increase in less than a
decade - Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on
HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS Report of the
Secretary-General
Rally taken out in Chennai in support of HIV
Bill in Parliament
CHENNAI
May 18th 2008: Scores of HIV-infected people, volunteers and
students took part in a rally organized as part of the 25th
International AIDS Candle Light Memorial Day and Global AIDS Week
Action observed here on Sunday. The participants raised slogans
demanding that the HIV Bill be passed in Parliament.
Ms. Supriya Sahu, Project
Director, Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society, lit a huge candle
before the rally started from near the Kannagi statue on Kamarajar
Salai. According to the National AIDS Control Organization,
there is a decline in the number of HIV-infected persons in Tamil
Nadu. Yet, providing them access to treatment and services remains
a challenge with stigma, the lack of awareness and the
non-availability of services in some areas Tabling the Bill in
Parliament will ensure that HIV-positive people have better access
to services, the organizers - INP+ and other civil society
organizations in Chennai, said. Photos are available in the
photo gallery.
New
Jersey U.S.A. March 2nd, 2008 -
INP+ received the New Jersey
honor.
Our president K.K. Abraham was in New Jersey to receive it.
Right-click here
and choose "save as"
to download the honor in .pdf. (106 KB)
On May 6th, INP+ celebrated their official formation day
(1997.)
