More Than Half Of HIV-Positive People Worldwide Are On Treatment

According to a recent report by the U.N. AIDS, more than half of the people living with HIV now have access to the drugs necessary to treat the virus for the first time in history.

In the report, it reveals that 53% of people living with HIV have access to treatment, with AIDS-related deaths almost cut down in half since 2005. About 36.7 million people around the world were living with the disease in 2016. "We met the 2015 target of 15 million people on treatment and we are on track to double that number to 30 million and meet the 2020 target," said Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS. "We will continue to scale up to reach everyone in need and honour our commitment of leaving no one behind."

The United Nations said that new revelation is due to countries starting treatments early on, which makes it less likely for the virus to spread. Three-quarters of pregnant women with HIV also have access to drugs that will prevent their children from becoming infected. In the last four decades, AIDS has killed more than 35 million people. 

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