‘Tipping point’ reached in Aids fight

The world has finally reached the beginning of the end of the Aids pandemic that has infected and killed millions in the past 30 years, according to a leading campaign group fighting HIV.

The number of people newly infected with HIV over the last year was lower than the number of HIV-positive people who joined those getting access to the medicines they need to take for life to keep Aids at bay.

However, in a report to mark World Aids Day, the ONE campaign, an advocacy group working to end poverty and preventable disease in Africa, warned that reaching this milestone did not mean the end of Aids was around the corner.