Just 28% of poor people with HIV have access to the antiretroviral drugs that could save their lives, a study published by the World Health Organization, UNAids and Unicef shows. It warned many obstacles remain to meeting the United Nations’ target of universal access to HIV/Aids prevention and care programs by 2010.

The report found that by the end of 2006, 2,015,000 people in low and middle-income countries were receiving antiretroviral drugs to control their HIV infection – a 54% increase in one year; however, it is estimated that 7.1 million people in those countries could benefit from the drugs. It also falls short of the WHO aim of getting antiretrovirals to 3 million needy people by the end of 2005.

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