New cases of HIV in Amsterdam have dropped to almost zero thanks to an investment scheme in the preventative drug PrEP.
According to figures from the Dutch AIDS Fund, there were only nine new cases of the virus in Amsterdam in 2022, down from 66 people diagnosed in 2021.
The organisation claimed that 128 people were diagnosed with HIV in Amsterdam in 2019, and since 2010, the number of new infections in the Dutch capital has fallen by 95 per cent.
Amsterdam has shown it is possible to stop HIV and AIDS.
Amsterdam has seen a 95% decrease in new HIV diagnoses in the last 12 years!
“This result in Amsterdam just shows that this goal is entirely achievable with the right political will and it is a testament to their community response to HIV.”.
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