UN urges action to end Aids epidemic by 2030

Without a huge increase in resources and coverage for those vulnerable and infected, “we will not end the Aids epidemic by 2030”, the assembly warned.

The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a declaration calling for urgent action to end Aids by 2030, noting “with alarm” that the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated inequalities and pushed access to Aids medicines, treatments and diagnosis further off-track.

The declaration commits the assembly’s 193 member nations to implement the 18-page document, including reducing annual new HIV infections to under 370,000 and annual Aids-related deaths to under 250,000 by 2025.