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By Councillor McVey - Fast Track Cities

Meeting: 21/11/2019 - City of Edinburgh Council (Item 9.10)

By Councillor McVey - Fast Track Cities

By Councillor McVey - Fast Track Cities

“Council:

Welcomes the Fast Track Cities initiative – a global partnership focusing on developing a network of cities pledged to achieve the commitments in the Paris Declaration on HIV prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

Notes that December 1st is World Aids day.

Notes that Edinburgh currently exceeds the 90-90-90 targets outlined within the Paris Declaration with:

-           91% of people living with HIV knowing their status;

-           94% of people diagnosed attending treatment services, with 98% of those attending receiving antiretroviral treatment;

-           and 96% of those receiving treatment achieving undetectable viral load.

(as of December 2018)

Acknowledges that stigma and discrimination continue to be a barrier for people accessing testing, treatment and support; and that more work needs to be done to end HIV-related stigma and to ensure there are no new HIV transmissions and no HIV-related deaths by 2030.

Agrees that Edinburgh should support the Fast Track Cities initiative and recommends that the Lord Provost signs the Paris Declaration on behalf of the Council.”

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