Global: Many HIV/Aids patients suffer pain needlessly, says Human Rights Watch

Recently released global data by UNAids points to enormous progress in preventing and treating HIV. More people than ever before now live with HIV as a chronic disease, rather than dying from it, because they are getting antiretroviral treatment. Kenya is a good example. Over the past year, the number of people taking the drugs has risen by 25 per cent. But a central issue has been absent from the debate. The optimistic ?gures gloss over the enormous pain su?ered by millions of HIV patients - needless su?ering that can be prevented.