There were approximately 37.9 million people living with #HIV at the end of 2018.
🔹79% had been diagnosed
🔹62% were receiving treatment
🔹53% had achieved suppression of the HIV virus to the point at which they were at low risk of infecting others.
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But no single test can provide a full #HIV diagnosis: a confirmatory test is required, conducted by a qualified and validated health worker at a community centre or clinic.
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However, effective antiretroviral drugs can control the virus and help prevent onward transmission to other people.
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🔴Over 400 children are born with HIV every day
🔴1 in 2 receive timely testing and treatment
🔴2 in 3 receive sub-optimal medicines
🔴2 in 3 don’t achieve viral suppression (low risk of infecting others).
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Adolescent girls👧 account for 3 in 4 new infections in this age group.
Schools, youth services and health clinics need to be adolescent health friendly.
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🔴770,000 people died from HIV-related causes
🔴1.7 million people were newly infected
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♂️ who have sex with ♂️
people who 💉 drugs
people in prisons & other closed settings
sex workers & their clients
transgender people
accounted for around 95% of new #HIV infections in eastern European, central Asian, Middle Eastern & north African regions.
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Evidence shows more people continue with HIV treatment when peer educators counsel and support each other.
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💬Baby Rivona Nasution, 52, #Indonesia, co-founder of Indonesian Positive Women Network bit.ly/2DyhFcl
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💬Elena Revenco, 50, #Moldova🇲🇩, medical assistant/nurse
More: bit.ly/35W2jdX
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💬Erika Castellanos, #Belize🇧🇿, trans activist
More: bit.ly/34Gh44f
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💬Phelister Abdalla, 33, #Kenya🇰🇪, sex work and HIV activist bit.ly/2P5HtC3
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💬Nazar Tokar, 20, Ukraine🇺🇦, peer-counsellor at @AIDSHealthcare Checkpoint bit.ly/2r4Rfw3
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💬Priscilla Ingbian Simon, 39, #Nigeria🇳🇬
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💬Felipe Francisco Luis, 24, #Mozambique🇲🇿, MSF peer educator bit.ly/2OBuBVd
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💬Sita Banjade Shahi, 30, #Nepal🇳🇵founder of Srijansil Mahil Samuha, a community organization
More: bit.ly/2Y4cYAk
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💬Nicky Suwandi, 34, #Indonesia🇮🇩, testJKT Project Manager bit.ly/2P1ABpl
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💬Tendayi Westerhof, 53, #Zimbabwe🇿🇼, Country Coordinator, Pan African Positive Women’s Coalition bit.ly/34F5Pco
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💬Imesh Fallee, Mauritius🇲🇺, Student & activist bit.ly/37X3hs0
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💬Consolata Achieng Opiyo, 28, #Kenya🇰🇪, youth and @Yplus_network HIV advocate bit.ly/34FfUGe
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As the virus destroys and impairs the function of immune cells, infected individuals gradually become immunodeficient
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