AIDS-related deaths drop by 21 per cent, say UNAIDS
Health organisation UNAIDS have claimed that AIDS-related deaths have dropped by 21 per cent since 2005.
Hayley Holden at 14.47 GMT
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
According to their 2011 Health report, HIV infections also seem to have decreased by 21 per cent since a spike in 1997.
They claim this is as a result of improved access to treatment and education.
The executive director on UNAIDS, Michel Sidibe, told the BBC today: “We are on the verge of a significant breakthrough. Even in a very difficult financial crisis, countries are delivering results in the AIDS response.
"We have seen a massive scale up in access to HIV treatment which has had a dramatic effect on the lives of people everywhere."
The report also states that the number of people around the world living with HIV is 34 million, which is a record.
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