5/18/2023 0 Comments Hard west crossroads![]() ![]() This man’s donor happened to carry a rare gene mutation that makes the newly transplanted cells resistant to HIV. That rigorous treatment is only an option for HIV patients who also develop leukemia and need transplanted blood stem cells to fight the cancer. ![]() A man who had lived with HIV for about 30 years is in long-term remission and just might be one of only a handful of people worldwide ever considered cured, thanks to a special bone marrow-like transplant. The sobering news comes as the International AIDS Conference begins this week in Montreal - where some promising science is being reported. “We have to fight twice as hard to get HIV back on the radar screen where it belongs.” “People are exhausted with epidemics and pandemics,” said Dr. Things might be even worse considering that HIV testing slowed or even stopped in many places when COVID-19 hit, potentially leaving even more virus spread uncounted. Yet low- and middle-income countries are $8 billion short of the funding needed, as international aid also has dropped, the report found. Last year, there were about 1.5 million - meaning it would take a major turnaround to get anywhere near that target. set a goal of fewer than 370,000 new HIV infections by 2025. “This is an alarm to the world to say that COVID-19 has blown the AIDS response significantly off track,” said Matthew Kavanagh, deputy executive director of UNAIDS. And 650,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses last year, the report found. Every two minutes last year, a teen girl or young woman was newly infected - and in sub-Saharan Africa, they’re three times as likely to get HIV as boys and men the same age. The number of people on lifesaving HIV treatments grew more slowly last year than it has in a decade. ![]()
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