25 years of AIDS history 25 million people died

() At the United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS and the World Health Organization says:

Every eight seconds someone infected with AIDS

United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS and the World Health Organization 21, said that the world infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the number of patients is still on the increase. According to these two United Nations agencies ' annual joint report, global about 3950 million people infected with HIV, this year count 430 000 patients. The sharing of drug injecting needles and unsafe sex makes HIV infections in East, Central Asia and Eastern Europe has increased significantly.

Every day, 8 000 people died of AIDS

HIV is the causative agent of AIDS, mainly through body fluids, blood-borne.

The Joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS and the World Health Organization in the "2006 AIDS epidemic update," the report says that every 8 seconds a person infected with HIV, global daily 1.1 million people infected with HIV, at the same time, every day, 8 000 infected persons were killed.

AIDS joint UNEP Executive Director Peter · Peter Piot at the press conference, said: "there is evidence that this global epidemic infection is increasing everywhere. "At the same time, this year the new 430 000 patients, 40 per cent of 15 to 24-year-old young man.

Reported that, in spite of many African countries, HIV infection rates in a declining trend, but African sub-Saharan region this year still have 280 million people infected with HIV, is heavily hit by AIDS. The region's existing about 2470 million people carry have HIV.

Peter Piot said that nearly 290 million people died of AIDS in 2005, a new all-time high, the deceased is 25 years old young man.

Successful countries new issues

Reported that some have successfully confront the AIDS epidemic countries now have a new problem.

AIDS joint UNEP Senior epidemiologists Karen · Stane Foundation, Uganda National HIV infection levels have stabilized or declined, and this year they render rise trends.

Stane Foundation said, condom use and fewer men have more sexual partners, and so makes the number of HIV infection in Uganda. Stane Foundation said that past success inhibits the spread of AIDS in Thailand face new problems. Although Thailand new infections continue to fall, but the emergence of new infections. Stane Foundation said that this country one-third of new infections as married women, many of which are considered at risk of infection also account for small people to most of the new infections.

Peter Piot said that Thailand is now infected population no longer and 10 years ago. The Government should pay attention to the problem of drug injection.

Peter Piot said that some countries in Western Europe and the United States there are signs of HIV infection on the rise.

680 million people waiting for treatment

Aid agencies call for providing more funding to help more patients get antiretroviral drug treatment. They say, 680 million people are in need of treatment, but only 165 million people received medical treatment.

Since human beings first 1981 diagnosed AIDS cases together, over 25 million people died of AIDS. Located in London's "rescue operation" organizations call for rich countries leaders hand help help alleviate the pain of HIV carriers, extend their life.

AIDS joint UNEP report says HIV virus survival time for a longer, thanks to better medical conditions. Over the past few years, effective antiretroviral treatment makes the United States immediately and survival in patients with more than two years than in the early 1990s increased 21 per cent.

The "Global Fund" President Richard · fee Rackham says that human beings in the fight against AIDS, made significant progress, but these advances limitations too strong. In poor areas, it is very difficult to obtain antiretroviral treatment.