120,000 Children, Adolescents Aged 0-19 Were Living With HIV In 2017 In India: Report

An estimated 120,000 children and olescents d 0-19 were living with HIV in India in 2017, highest number in South Asia, according to a report by UNICEF which warned that around 80 olescents will be dying of AIDS every day globally by 2030 if progress in preventing transmission is t accelerated. 

report ted that South Asia has me substantial progress in reducing HIV risks and vulnerability among children, olescents, pregnant women, and mors. 

In India, an estimated 120,000 children and olescents d 019 were living with HIV in 2017. In Pakistan, this number was 5,800, followed by Nepal (1,600) and Banglesh (less than 1,000), according to UNICEF report released on Thursday, vember 29 'Children, HIV and AIDS: World in 2030.'  

In 2017, estimated number of children under 5 years old newly diagsed with HIV was 43 percent lower than comparable estimate in 2010  a decline greater than 35 percent recorded globally. 

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estimated share of those d 014 living with HIV who h been initiated on lifesaving antiretroviral rapy (ART) was 73 percent in 2017, an increase of nearly 50 percent points from 2010.  report, however, warned that by 2030, around 80 olescents will be dying of AIDS every day if "we don't accelerate progress in preventing transmission.

" report said current trends indicate AIDS-related deaths and new infections are slowing, but downward trajectory is t happening fast eugh. 

" report makes it clear, without show of a doubt, that world is off track when it comes to ending AIDS among children and olescents by 2030," said UNICEF chief Henrietta Fore. 

More than half of those children kwn to be dying of AIDS won't reach of five, report reveals. Prevention and infection treatment efforts, Fore ted, are still missing mark, specifically when it comes to HIV transmission from mors to babies. Programs to treat virus and prevent it from spreing among older children are where near where y should be. 

number of mor-to-child infections has fallen by around 40 percent in last eight years, but girls still account for two-thirds of all olescent HIV infections, and rates of infection among older children are slowest to decline, according to current data.

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Furr, report cites a global target reduction in number of HIV-infected children by 2030 to 1.4 million, while projected number today of 1.9 million, shows that world is off-track by around 500,000. 

Currently, three million persons 19 years and younger, are infected with HIV worldwide. Two million new infections could be averted by 2030 if global targets are metthis means providing equate access to HIV prevention, care and treatment services, and testing and diagses. 

major shortfalls show slow progress in prevention among young, and a failure to dress key drivers of epidemic. Many infected children and olescents are unaware of ir illness, and even when tested HIV-positive, rarely here to proper treatment. 

UNICEF vision for an AIDS-free generation entails upscaling family-centered testing to help identify children living with HIV who have t been diagsed, and greater use of digital platforms to improve education when it comes to HIV and AIDS contraction and prevention.