BRIDGETOWN , Barbados, Jul. 10, CMC – The Caribbean has achieved global success by recording a 62% reduction in AIDS related deaths between 2020 and 2024 – the sharpest decline among eight regions globally.
This is according to the Global AIDS Update Report, released by UNAIDS. The report, titled – AIDS, Crisis and the Power to Transform, noted that over the last fifteen years, there has been a 54% decline in AIDS-related deaths globally. The report credits the widespread availability of anti-retroviral treatment (ART) for the progress made since 2010.
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