The Independent, BD
In Bangladesh, the HIV prevalence among general population remains low (<0.1%) while around 80 adolescents will die of AIDS globally every day by 2030 as per the current trends, said Unicef yesterday. Some 360,000 adolescents are projected to die of AIDS-related diseases between 2018 and 2030, according to the new Unicef report.
This means, the report said, 76 adolescent deaths every day – without additional investment in HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) prevention, testing and treatment programmes. In 2017, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), Bangladesh reported that among the 865 new reported cases, more than 5 percent were children and adolescents less than 18 years and 25 percent were women.
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