Young women engaging in unsafe sex with older men is still a major factor in the spread of HIV/Aids, says an expert on health systems.
The other group he is concerned about is men who sleep with men, people who engage in commercial sex and industries such as trucking.
In 2013, the UNAids Programme Co-ordinating Board called on UNAids to support country and region-led efforts to establish new targets for HIV treatment scale-up beyond 2015. They came up with a three-part target called Triple 90, aimed at having 90% of people living with HIV knowing their status, 90% of people diagnosed with HIV receiving sustained antiretroviral therapy and 90% of people receiving antiretroviral therapy having viral suppression by 2020.
“In 2006 we had 4-million people infected, now we have 8-million. We have not managed to stop new infections This is real life, people should still be scared of Aids. Most young people are more scared of falling pregnant than getting HIV/Aids.
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