Aids summit in S Africa to warn of lagging effort

[ahlam1399]

Aids summit in S Africa to warn of lagging effort

JOHANNESBURG: Sixteen years after Nelson Mandela galvanised the world to take up the fight against AIDS, experts and activists return to the South African city of Durban on Monday, seeking to revitalise the fight against the disease.

Some 18,000 scientists, campaigners, funders and lawmakers are descending on the port city for the five-day 21st International Aids Conference -- a council of war on a pandemic that has claimed more than 30 million lives in 35 years.

Singer Elton John and Britain’s Prince Harry will host a session at the conference discussing the HIV epidemic among young people.

"The message from Durban to the world is going to be that it’s too soon to declare victory. We have a long way to go," International Aids Society president Chris Beyrer told AFP.

Until 2000, only wealthier countries had hosted the biennial Aids meeting.

That all changed when South Africa became the first developing country -- and the first with an unbridled epidemic of HIV in its population -- to take the helm.



أكثر...

??????? ??????: Aids summit in S Africa to warn of lagging effort || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك

https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb

كلمات البحث

العاب ، برامج ، سيارات ، هاكات ، استايلات