Africa leads decline but cases must fall faster to meet target of ending designation of Aids as public health threat by 2030

The number of new HIV infections and deaths has fallen across the world, marking significant progress in the fight against the disease.- Uneven progress - During the 2010s, the number of HIV infections across the world declined by a fifth,

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) has published a new study in The Lancet HIV journal that revealed significant progress in the global fight against HIV/AIDS, alongside a stark warning that current trends indicate the world is not on track to meet the ambitious UNAIDS 2030 targets.

The global decline in HIV incidence is largely driven by sub-Saharan Africa, where the likelihood of getting the virus over a lifetime has fallen by 60% since its peak in 1995