West, Central Africa Need $2.2bn To End HIV/AIDS By 2030 – UNAIDS

The report, released by the UN programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in Dakar, Senegal, showed that it is possible to end AIDs globally by 2030.

The director of the Regional Support Team for West and Central Africa, Ms Berthilde Gahongayire, who spoke during the report’s launch, said that new infections have declined from 450,000 in 2010 to 196 000 in 2024.

However, she said that the number of new HIV infections remains high among key populations, adolescents and young women.