{"id":438507,"date":"2011-06-09T01:06:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T01:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/09\/un-chief-calls-for-end-to-aids\/"},"modified":"2011-06-09T01:06:22","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T01:06:22","slug":"un-chief-calls-for-end-to-aids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/09\/un-chief-calls-for-end-to-aids\/","title":{"rendered":"UN chief calls for ‘end to Aids’"},"content":{"rendered":"

8 June 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 21:06 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for global action to end the Aids disease by 2020.<\/p>\n

“That is our goal – zero new infections, zero stigma and zero Aids-related deaths,” Mr Ban said at a UN summit on Aids in New York.<\/p>\n

The three-day meeting marks the 30th anniversary since the discovery of HIV – the virus that leads to Aids.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, African leaders called for greater resources to battle the pandemic across the world.<\/p>\n

Some 34m people have Aids, but about half of them do not know they have the disease, according to the UN.<\/p>\n

‘Insufficient funds’<\/span><\/p>\n

“Today, we gather to end Aids,” Mr Ban said at the opening of the United Nations General Assembly meeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“If we are to relegate Aids to the history books we must be bold. That means facing sensitive issues, including men who have sex with men, drug users and the sex trade,” the UN chief said.<\/p>\n

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30 years of HIV<\/h2>\n