UN urges more efforts to fight AIDS

UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday asked for continued efforts toward the elimination of AIDS despite momentum in the fight against the epidemic.

The world is making real headway toward ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030. But progress is uneven and fragile, Guterres told the UN General Assembly.

On all continents, key populations at higher risk of infection continue to be left further and further behind. And young women remain unacceptably vulnerable where prevalence is high, he noted.