HIV Cases Reach Lowest Point Since Rise of Disease in 1980s
Fewer people contracted HIV last year than at any point since the rise of the disease in the late 1980s, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that this decline was still far too slow.
Around 1.3 million people contracted the disease in 2023, according to the new report from the UNAIDS agency.
That is still more than three times higher than needed to reach the UN’s goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
Around 630,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses last year, the lowest level since a peak of 2.1 million in 2004, the report said ahead of World AIDS Day on Sunday.
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