World not on track to end AIDS pandemic, UNAIDS chief

STORY: World not on track to end AIDS pandemic, UNAIDS chief DATELINE: Nov. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:33 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launching event of 2022 report 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WINNIE BYANYIMA, UNAIDS Executive Director 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BAHATI HAULE, HIV infected girl 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): GEORGE SIMBACHAWENE, Tanzanian minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office responsible for Policy and Parliamentary Affairs STORYLINE: The world is not on track to end the AIDS pandemic as new infections are rising and AIDS deaths are continuing in too many communities, the UNAIDS executive director, Winnie Byanyima, said on Tuesday. "Inequalities are blocking the end of the AIDS pandemic," said Byanyima while launching a new UNAIDS report in Dar es Salaam ahead of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1. "But this is not a counsel of despair, it is a call to action. Through bold action to confront these inequalities, we can end AIDS," added Byanyima