UN: HIV-AIDS in the Asia-Pacific can be eradicated in 15 Years

Jakarta - The United Nations estimates that the end of AIDS in the Asia Pacific region will be achieved 15 years away , but the UN special envoy said that the increase was still threatening infections in several countries including Indonesia .


" Many countries are making progress . There are only four or five countries that we see there are an increasing number of the infection , "said UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for AIDS Prasada Rao told Radio Australia ahead of the World AIDS Day commemoration to 26 on December 1 .
Rao believes about 10 to 15 years of AIDS infection decreases to the lowest level up to the possibility of 15 percent of the total current .
" For me it is the end of AIDS , " said Rao .
The statement also is believed by officials at the UN agency UNAIDS .
" For the first time we could see the end of the epidemic is staggering around the world , " said UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe in a statement .
Recent HIV infection rates continue to decline by a third in the last two years , however, Rao revealed that a number of countries such as Indonesia , Vietnam , Pakistan and Bangladesh HIV infection rates are still rising .
Report of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV- AIDS infection rates are the latest states in Central Asia increased by 13 percent since 2006 .
Transmission occurs in vulnerable groups because of sexual intercourse gay , sex workers and drug users .
Fighting the Stigma
One message for World AIDS Day on December 1 is against the stigma associated with HIV- AIDS .
Create a Fiji citizen , Joeli Colati , which is exposed to HIV since 2007 states that it is a very important message .
" When I was told that I was HIV , I fear and believe it, " said Pacific Beat program Colati told Radio Australia .
Now after seven years with her ​​therapy could focus on dreams and purpose .
" I am no longer afraid of what others think , " added Colati .
Fiji Network Plus , people living with HIV and HIV groups say that HIV patients face constant discrimination from health care because many doctors and nurses believe that homosexuals and sex workers was immoral .
Infection rates in the Pacific is low , but the UN still worried about HIV infection in Papua New Guinea that covers 90 percent of the population with HIV infection .
Worldwide now estimated at around 3.5 million people infected with HIV .