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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
World must share responsibility to overcome Covid-19, end AIDS: UN

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01 December, 2020, 09:05 am
Last modified: 01 December, 2020, 09:12 am

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World must share responsibility to overcome Covid-19, end AIDS: UN

HIV still infects 1.7 million people each year and kills some 690,000

UNB
01 December, 2020, 09:05 am
Last modified: 01 December, 2020, 09:12 am
FILE PHOTO: The United Nations logo is seen on a window in an empty hallway at United Nations headquarters during the 75th annual UN General Assembly high-level debate, which is being held mostly virtually due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic in New York, U.S., September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar
FILE PHOTO: The United Nations logo is seen on a window in an empty hallway at United Nations headquarters during the 75th annual UN General Assembly high-level debate, which is being held mostly virtually due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic in New York, U.S., September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said health must be a top investment priority to achieve universal health coverage and described health as a human right.

"On this World AIDS Day let us recognise that, to overcome Covid-19 and end AIDS, the world must stand in solidarity and share responsibility," he said in a message marking the World AIDS Day that falls on December 1.

With the world's attention focused on the Covid-19 crisis, World AIDS Day is a reminder of the need to maintain focus on another global pandemic that is still with us nearly 40 years after it emerged, the UN chief said.

Despite significant successes, the AIDS emergency is not over.  

HIV still infects 1.7 million people each year and kills some 690,000.

And inequalities mean that those who are the least able to stand up for their rights are still the most affected.

"Covid-19 has been a wake-up call to the world. Inequalities in health affect all of us. No one is safe unless we all are safe," Guterres said.

The HIV response has much to teach the fight against Covid-19.  

"We know that to end AIDS and defeat Covid-19 we must eliminate stigma and discrimination, put people at the centre and ground our responses in human rights and gender-responsive approaches," said the UN chief.  

He said wealth should not determine whether people get the health care they need.

"We need a Covid-19 vaccine and HIV treatments and care that are affordable and available to everyone, everywhere," he said.

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