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July 16, 2019
HIV/AIDS mortality remains highworldwide, according to the UNAIDS Global Report 2019 released on Tuesday.
The content of the report, releasedin Eshowe, South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, serves as a reminder to theinternational community that the fight against the pandemic is far from over.
The report said that 770,000 peopledied of HIV/AIDS worldwide in 2018. The figure shows only a 30,000 reductionfrom the 800,000 deaths recorded in 2017.
It said that 840,000 deaths wererecorded in 2016.
According to UNAIDS, South Africawas nominated out of the 193 UN member states to host the official inaugurationof the report in view of its remarkable and outstanding efforts in the fightagainst HIV/AIDS.
In 2016, the UN member statesendorsed the goal of cutting HIV/AIDS deaths by 50 per cent by the year 2020,to less than 500,000 yearly.
The report said, Six months to thisdeadline the world is far from achieving this target.