Alarming numbers: 96,000 girls worldwide infected with HIV!

Alarming numbers: 96,000 girls worldwide infected with HIV!

Sudan, Afrika - The alarming increase in new HIV recinFections in girls and young women can be seen according to Unicef. In a recently published report by the UN Children's aid work, it was revealed that in 2023 around 96,000 girls between the ages of 15 and 19 were infected with the HI virus, while only 41,000 boys were affected in the same age group. This clarifies that seven out of ten newly infected women were. The data from countries south of the Sahara are particularly worrying, where even nine out of ten new infections in this age group were registered with girls. Access to vital treatment is severely restricted for minors compared to adults. Unicef ​​found that 77 percent of the adults have access to treatment, while in children under the age of 14 only 57 percent and in adolescents between the ages of 15 and 19 are 65 percent, such as Volksblatt reported.

HIV and AIDS in the global context

The global situation in terms of HIV is also critical. Although the total number of the AIDS deaths last year with 630,000 represents the lowest number since 2004, the global community remains far from eliminating the goal of the UN, HIV and AIDS as a health risk by 2030. Especially in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, there was even an increase in the new infections. This means that 9.3 million people are currently not being treated in the world, while pandemic continues to affect children and adolescents aged under the age of 14, as the UNICEF report shows.

Another central topic in the current discussion is the future of children in a rapidly changing world. The report “On the Location of the Children in the World” shows that megatrends such as demographic change, the climate and environmental crisis as well as technological developments will have a significant impact on children's living conditions. Children and adolescents are particularly at risk in low -income countries who often have no access to resources that they could protect against the effects of the climate crisis. According to Unicef ​​ threatening threatening climate extreme such as heat waves, flooding and forest fires of millions of children worldwide, which is the urgency of measures to combat the climate and inequalities underline.