More than four million HIV-positive people now receiving life-
saving treatment 30 September 2009 | Geneva - More than 4
million people in low- and middle-income countries were
receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) at the close of 2008.
This represents a 36% increase in one year and a ten-fold
increase over five years, according to a new report released
today by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations
Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Joint United Nations Programme
on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Towards Universal Access: Scaling Up
Priority HIV/AIDS Interventions in the Health Sector highlights
other gains, including expanded HIV testing and counselling and
improved access to services to prevent HIV transmission from
mother to child. "This report shows tremendous progress in the
global HIV/AIDS response," said WHO Director-General Margaret
Chan. "But we need to do more. At least 5 million people living
with HIV still do not have access to life-prolonging treatment
and care. Prevention services fail to r