Over Half Of Those With HIV, Now Take💉 AIDS Drugs: 🌐UN

The "scales have tipped" in the fight against Aids, with more than half of people infected with HIV now getting treatment and Aids-related deaths almost halving since 2005, according to the UN.

Latest global report on the pandemic, which has killed around 35 million people in the world, the UNAIDS agency said a record 19.5 million of the 36.5 million people who are HIV-positive are on treatment.

The report also said Aids-related deaths have declined by nearly half since their peak of 1.9 million in 2005.

UNAIDS said, there were particularly encouraging signs in Africa, a continent that is ravaged by the disease.

Eastern and Southern Africa are leading the way, reducing new HIV infections by nearly 30 percent since 2010, the report said.

UCJ, UNILORIN.