Global Fund Applauds UNAIDS Report on HIV Testing
The Global Fund - "The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria welcomed a new report by UNAIDS that shows great gains in HIV testing, and getting people to know their HIV status. Knowledge is Power, the report released just prior to World AIDS Day on 1 December, shows that 75 percent of people living with HIV aware of their status in 2017, compared with 67 percent in 2015.
Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund, said that getting more people to test for HIV is a fundamental first step towards ending the HIV epidemic.
“To control HIV as a public health threat, we have to make sure that everyone knows their status so that those with HIV can start treatment and those who are negative can access prevention services,” said Sands." (Photo: Arusha HIV/AIDS awareness/Le Korrigan/flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)