120,000 children infected with HIV worldwide in 2023
KARACHI: A global report on HIV status among children has revealed that despite progress made in reducing HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths among children, as many as 120,000 children were infected with the diseases across the globe in 2023. The new HIV infections were found around 77,000 (66%) in Global Alliance, which represents a 38% decline since 2015 and a 17% decline since 2021, according to the report which details progress, gaps and a way forward for the 12 countries included in the Alliance—Angola, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. The report titled “Global Alliance Progress Report on Ending AIDS in Children by 2030”, however, calls for accelerating the pace of progress to meet the HIV-related targets within the stipulated period. The report shows that only 48% of children living with HIV globally and in Global Alliance countries achieved viral load suppression, versus...