Inhlangano yeZizwe Ezihlangene ithi izinqumo ezithathwa ngabaholi bezepolitiki kulo nyaka zizothatha isinqumo sokuthi umgomo wokuqeda ingculazi njengosongo lwezempilo yomphakathi ngo-2030 ungafinyelelwa yini. Izibalo zikhombisa ukuthi ngonyaka odlule kwaqoshwa uR1.3 million ukutheleleka okusha.
Linyuke ngo-R100 000 uma liqhathaniswa nowezi-2022 kodwa lehle kakhulu kusukela kwaba nenani eliphakeme lika-R3.3 million ngo-1995.
Inhlangano ezinze e-US i-Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation ithi izinkulungwane ezingu-130 zezifo ezintsha ngonyaka odlule zithinte izingane.
U-Trish Karlin wesisekelo uthamele Ingqungquthela Yomhlaba Yengculazi eqhubekayo eMunich futhi ukhulume nentatheli yethu, u-Leigh-Anne Jansen, ofake lo mbiko.
Umbiko we-UN AIDS wonyaka wezi-2024 ukhishwe eNgqungqutheleni Yomhlaba Yengculazi eJalimane namuhla; kukhombisa ukuthi ngokokuqala ngqá emlandweni wobhubhane lwe-HIV/AIDS Emhlabeni Wonke, ukwehla okukhulu kwezifo ezintsha ze-HIV/AIDS kuse-Afrika eseNingizimu ne-Sahara.
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UKarlin uthi ukufa kwezingane kuseyinkinga, nokho.
“Izingane eziyizinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisikhombisa nesithupha zabulawa yimbangela ehlobene nengculazi ngo-2023, futhi cishe u-90% walowo mthwalo ungaphakathi kwe-Sub-Saharan Africa.”
INingizimu Afrika iphinde ijoyine iZimbabwe kanye neNigeria njengamanye amazwe anesidingo esikhulu kakhulu sokuthola imishanguzo yegciwane lengculazi ezinganeni.
“Okwamanje, cishe uhhafu wezingane ezidinga imishanguzo ziyayithola. Siyazi ukuthi kulelo gebe lezingane ezingafinyelelwanga, u-17% wazo udabuka eNingizimu Afrika,” kusho uKarlin.
U-Karlin ukholelwa ukuthi ukusebenzelana okungcono kwezinhlangothi eziningi kuyadingeka ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nomgomo we-UN wokuqeda ingculazi ngo-2030.