Global and National HIV and AIDS Situation

Teresita Marie P. BagasaoUNAIDS Country Coordinator

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

A Pivotal moment for AIDS: continuedalso 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

ZERO new HIV infections.

GLOBAL 2011 – new infections declining

Number of people living with HIV Total – 34.2 million

Adults – 30.7 millionWomen – 16.7 million

Children (>15yrs) - 3.4 million

People newly infected with HIV Total – 2.5 millionAdults – 2.2 million

Children (>15yrs) - 330,000

Asia Pacific – new infections stabilizing

ZERO discrimination.

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

ZERO AIDS-related deaths.

Global Number of AIDS–related deaths

In Philippines:

17 deaths in 2011 compared to 2 in 2010

Total: 1.7 million [1.6 million – 1.9 million]

ART scale-up not keeping pace

“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-MOONAT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HIGH LEVEL MEETING ON AIDSJune 2011