The United Nations has announced the number of people dying from AIDS has significantly decreased as more gain access to treatment. The global incidence of HIV infection fell by 19 percent between 1999 and 2009. Sheila Tlou is the director of UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Eastern and Southern Africa.

Sheila Tlou: ”AIDS-related deaths have also fallen by nearly 20 percent in the last five years, from 2.1 million to 2.4 to 1.8 million in 2009. And the efforts of antiretroviral therapy are really evident, especially in our region of the world, Sub-Saharan Africa, where, because of access, we have seen 20 percent fewer deaths related to HIV than in 2004, before the expansion of access to antiretroviral treatment.”