Six months more of disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic could potentially result in a spike of an additional 500 000 AIDS-related deaths in sub-Saharan Africa by the end of next year.
Speaking at the launch of the 2020 UNAIDS Global AIDS Update yesterday (Monday), executive director Winnie Byanyima said the agency's modelling shows that a continuation of severe disruptions from COVID-19 response measures has the potential to push up the AIDS death rate by devastating numbers. It's a scenario that would amount to a 72 percent increase on the estimated 690 000 HIV-related deaths globally in 2019.
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