“Everybody living with HIV has the right to life-saving treatment. The new guidelines are a very important step towards ensuring that all people living with HIV have immediate access to anti-retroviral treatment,” said Michel Sidibe, executive director of UNAIDS. The charity warned that making the new recommendation a reality would require dramatically increased financial support from donors and governments. More concretely, it was estimated that by 2020 low and lowermiddle income countries will need $18.4 billion annually for the expanded HIV fight. During three decades, AIDS has killed around 40 million people worldwide. The new goal is set in concordance with the actual century’s hopes.
