Dar-es- salaam declaration -African leaders commit to end AIDS among children by 2030

• UN agencies have welcomed a pledge by 12 African countries to end AIDS in children by 2030, announced on Wednesday at a meeting in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. 
• The declaration was announced at the first ministerial meeting of tha global alliance to end AIDS in Children, which brings together the 12 African countries with UNAIDS and other health agencies.

Current situation

• Currently, around the world, a child dies from AIDS-related causes every five minutes.
• Roughly half of children living with HIV, 52 per cent, are on life-saving treatment, whereas 76 per cent of adults are receiving antiretrovirals, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has described as “one of the most glaring disparities in the AIDS response.”
• Furthermore, although children comprise just four per cent of people living with HIV, they account for 15 per cent of all AIDS-related deaths.