This World AIDS Day, we have so many reasons to take heart:
At the end of 2011, at least eight million people were receiving life-saving treatment, new HIV infections rates had dropped sharply in many countries, and 81 countries had increased domestic spending for AIDS by more than fifty per cent over the preceding five years. The global AIDS response has propelled a broader mobilization on global health generally, including an expanded multi-sectoral response to non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and depression. With access to antiretroviral treatment, most people living with HIV can remain healthy and productive, with a near normal life expectancy - and with a far smaller toll on already overstretched health systems.
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