This was stated by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his new report. The report says that the number of AIDS-related deaths fell by 45 percent - from a peak of two million in 2005 to 1.1 million in 2015.

The report also reports that in 2016, 36.7 million people were registered with HIV. In this regard, Guterres urged to fill the deficit of investment in the fight against HIV in the amount of seven billion. Doll. US dollars per year and rational use of financial resources. According to him, this will prevent tens of millions of new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths.

Earlier, URA-Inform reported that from the budget of Kiev to help patients with HIV allocated five million hryvnia.