AIDS-Related Deaths at Their Lowest According to New Report

According to a newly released report from the United Nations AIDS agency (UNAIDS), AIDS-related deaths are at their lowest since peaking nearly a decade ago. The number of people living with HIV worldwide has not changed much in the past two years and more than half of those infected do not know their HIV status.

Although more than two million new infections were documented last year UNAIDS has revealed a strategy to get to zero AIDS-related deaths by 2030. The agency’s tactic includes ensuring all individuals in need of treatment are on it by 2015. According to the report, UNAIDS strongly suggests that we are at the beginning of the end of this AIDS epidemic. Their goal is to reduce new cases and deaths by 90 percent by the year 2030.

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