Since its discovery, HIV has become a global health crisis.
"My friends, your determination has brought the world this far. At least 77% of people living with HIV around the world are now on antiretroviral treatment, compared to 47% nine years ago - a 30% increase. They said it could not be done, but with solidarity, you did it, we did it. So well done," said Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS.
Byanyima urged Gilead, a research-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative medicines to lower the price of Lenacapavir.called Lenacapavir, which I call a miracle preventive tool. This will transform access for gay men, trans people, sex workers, and young women in Africa, freeing them from stigma and fear. But right now, Lenacapavir is priced for people in rich countries.
She called for world leaders, and political leaders, to scrap these hateful, harmful laws."End the discrimination faced by girls and women that is driving the AIDS pandemic, especially in Africa." "The evidence is very clear," she said."The path that ends AIDS is well signposted. It's proven and it has been promised by the governments of the world. We can't turn away from solidarity when of the 40 million people living with HIV in the world today, almost a quarter do not have access to lifesaving treatment. We can't turn away when every minute, every minute somewhere in the world, a person dies of AIDS-related causes.
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