UNAIDS says 149,000 Namibians on antiretroviral treatment
Xinhua, November 22, 2016 Adjust font size:
A report launched in Windhoek Monday on HIV by the UNAIDS shows that more than 149,000 people in Namibia are on antiretroviral therapy, while more than 210,000 are living with the virus.
The report titled Get on the Fast-Track: the Life-cycle Approach to HIV also revealed that 18 million people are on antiretroviral therapy worldwide.
Fast-track is the method where countries strive to get people infected with the HIV on retroviral treatment.
Speaking at the launch of the report, Namibian President Hage Geingob said more people are accessing antiretroviral treatment.
He also said what is left for Namibia is to ensure that the country stayed on the fast-track to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
"Just two years ago," Geingob said, "15 million people were accessing antiretroviral treatment; today more than 18 million are on treatment and new HIV infections among children continue to fall."
The reports says girls' transition to womanhood is a very dangerous time, especially in sub-Sharan Africa. Endit