1. Global and National HIV and AIDS Situation
Teresita Marie P. Bagasao
UNAIDS Country Coordinator
2. A Pivotal moment for AIDS:
June 2011 High-Level Meeting UN Member States
commit to new targets for 2015
• Halve sexual transmission of HIV
• Halve HIV transmission among people who use drugs
• Ensure no children are born with HIV
• Get 15 million people on ART
• Reduce TB deaths in people living with HIV by 50%
• Close the global resource gap for AIDS and increase funding
to US$ 22-24 billion per year
3. A Pivotal moment for AIDS: continued
also committed to critical enablers
• Involve people living with HIV and young people;
• Eliminate gender inequalities and gender-based violence;
• Ensure human rights based responses
• Eliminate remaining HIV-related restrictions on entry, stay and
residence;
• Remove obstacles such as laws and policies to provide
affordable and effective HIV prevention and treatment products
5. GLOBAL 2011 – new infections declining
Number of people living with
HIV Total – 34.2 million
Adults – 30.7 million
Women – 16.7 million
Children (>15yrs) - 3.4 million
People newly infected with HIV
Total – 2.5 million
Adults – 2.2 million
Children (>15yrs) - 330,000
8. Reasons for Stigma & Discrimination – other than “HIV”
For Filipinos Living with HIV
• 21% - verbal insult, harassed, threatened
• 38% - loss job or refused employment
• 8% - denied health care
• 8% - physical assault
13. “Today we have a chance to end
this epidemic once and for all.
That is our goal.
ZERO new HIV infections,
ZERO discrimination,
and ZERO AIDS-related deaths.”
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON
AT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HIGH LEVEL MEETING ON AIDS
June 2011
Hinweis der Redaktion
OVER 7000 new infections a day in 2011 2.5 million new infections in 2011 – a drop of half a million from 2010 about 97% are in low and middle-income countries about 900 are in children less than 15 years of age about 6000 are in adults, 15 years and older, of whom: almost 47% are among women about 41% are among young people (15-24) BUT STILL FAILING KEY POPULATIONS – people who use drugs, men who have sex with men and sex workers.
BUT STILL FAILING KEY POPULATIONS – people who use drugs, men who have sex with men and sex workers.
Three main causes that need to be addressed : Lack of awareness of stigma/discrimination and their harmful effects Fear of acquiring HIV through everyday contact Linking people with HIV to behavior considered improper or immoral
BUT STILL FAILING KEY POPULATIONS – people who use drugs, men who have sex with men and sex workers.
82% of estimated Filipino adults in need of ART reached 3 new infections for every person enrolled on ART