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Under-investments in natl immunization progr, vaccine stock-outs, disease outbreaks or conflicts are causing this https://twitter.com/WHO/status/754938023402475520 …

Countries will need to align #HIV responses with broader efforts towards universal health coverage and access to social protection #AIDS2016

As #HIV treatment expands, countries need to ensure that the quality of treatment is assured to the emergence of drug resistance #AIDS2016

#HIV Self-testing provides an opportunity for more people to be tested, particularly for those reluctant to use health services #AIDS2016

Many challenges remain: More than 40% of people living with #HIV still do not know they are infected http://goo.gl/ifqFwk  #AIDS2016

Expanding #HIV treatment also helps transmission: as the level of the virus drops in a person, so does the risk of transmission #AIDS2016

Treatment saves lives. #AIDS-related deaths have fallen 45% since their peak in 2005 and 26% since 2010 http://goo.gl/ifqFwk  #AIDS2016

Since 2015, WHO recommends that all pple diagnosed w/ #HIV start antiretroviral therapy (ART) as soon as possible to prevent illness & death

WHO highlights the importance of revitalizing proven #HIV prevention approaches: -Condoms -Voluntary medical male circumcision #AIDS2016

Better #HIV prevention will happen if countries invest strategically in e.g. pre-exposure prophylaxis #PrEP for at-risk groups #AIDS2016

Reducing new #HIV infections means addressing the social & legal barriers that impede many people from accessing HIV services #AIDS2016

In eastern and southern Africa, girls aged 10-19 remain particularly vulnerable and affected #HIV http://goo.gl/ifqFwk  #AIDS2016

Countries incl. , , , , , have experienced recent ↓ in diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis #vaccine coverage

Children who did not receive routine vaccinations in 2015: est. 19.4 million, ↓ from 33.8 million in 2000 http://goo.gl/8w8SRf 

4 in 5 children worldwide received the recommended 3 doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine in 2015 http://goo.gl/8w8SRf 

In some places where #HIV had been under control, like some urban populations of men who have sex with men, it is re-emerging #AIDS2016

New #HIV infections: 2015: 2.1 million 2010: 2.2 million http://goo.gl/ifqFwk  #AIDS2016

If the world is to achieve its goal of ending #AIDS by 2030, it must rapidly expand & intensify efforts http://goo.gl/ifqFwk  #AIDS2016