A woman walks past a sign during the AIDS 2022 conference in Montreal on July 31. Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press
The director-general of the World Health Organization told an international AIDS conference in Montreal today that growing inequality could reverse a decade of progress in the fight against HIV.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who addressed the 2022 AIDS conference via video, says that COVID-19, inflation and cuts in foreign aid by rich countries are deepening the divide between rich and poor nations.
He says that while the number of HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths is much lower than it was a decade ago, that progress could easily be reversed.
Gebreyesus says he worries that access to HIV prevention, testing and treatment tools is often based on where people live and how much money they have.
The International AIDS Conference continues until Tuesday at the convention center in downtown Montreal, the Palais des congrès de Montréal.
More than 9,000 delegates from around the world were scheduled to attend in person, and another 2,000 registered to participate remotely.
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