UN: World Losing Battle Against AIDS

Chicago Tribune ^

[ThePretender]

NEW YORK -- United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on Thursday warned that the AIDS epidemic is accelerating on every continent and called for more money and leadership to halt its spread by the UN target date of 2015. In an opening address to representatives of 127 countries at a high-level conference, Annan said the scale of the global response to the scourge of AIDS has been significant but insufficient because "it has not matched the epidemic in scale." "Last year saw more new infections and more AIDS-related deaths than ever before," Annan said. "Indeed, HIV and AIDS expanded at an accelerating rate on every continent." Treatment and prevention efforts are insufficient, he said. "Only 12 percent of the people in need of antiretroviral therapies in low- and middle-income countries were receiving them. And while young people, especially young women, account for more than half of all new infections, most of the world's young people still lacked meaningful access to youth-oriented prevention services," he said.

[David Lane]

Since 'AIDS', hemophiliacs have actually died at a 71% LOWER rate compared to pre 'AIDS' (1983).

This is dispite 90% being said to be 'HIV positive'.

Hemophilia is a known cause of false positive WB, Elisa and P24 tests..

[cherry]

nice touch, Kofi......try to pull attention away from your criminal neglect of the oil for food program by bringing up the old reliable "Aids" epidemic....always good for a few headlines and a few more billions to be thrown around.....

[ran15]

and called for more money and leadership to halt its spread by the UN target date of 2015.

Key words right there. Everytime government screws up, they use it as an excuse for more money AND an increase in their power. And beyond just screwing up its in their interest to inflate how much of a problem things really are.

[cherry]

sometimes, I think that the elitist of this world really do want most Africans to die, either by this "epidemic" or by some other disease or by war and famine....

[BBell]

Modern advancements in medicine have assuredly allowed more hemophiliacs to live longer. Maybe I'm a victim of the MSM but I do recall in the early 90's reading articles and watching a lot of news about hemophiliacs dying of aids they acquired in blood transfusions. It doesn't matter, any innocent who dies of aids is one too many and that is the point I was trying to make.

[David Lane]

"Everytime government screws up, they use it as an excuse for more money AND an increase in their power"


Well said. That sums up 'AID$'.