i am this is g.w. news live from berlin on world aids day. a warning not to forget. almost 40000000 people are living with hiv. but experts say any progress against the aids pandemic . a, could it be undone by the corona virus and as a result, one and a half 1000000 more people could die. also coming up on the show a 2nd coat in 1000 vaccine and now waits for a urgency approval. but they are not is asking both europe and the u.s. for a fast track of go ahead and we travel to japan to meet again down to china to

battle robotics with an anti-war message. i'm claire richards. and welcome to the show. covert 19 has dominated headlines this year, but there is another pandemic that still affects millions of people worldwide. now, united nations figures show that certainly 8000000 people are living with hiv last year. he only 700000 of them died as a result of their hiv infection. prevention and treatment measures are showing promise in the last decade, the number of new infections has decreased as has at the number of aids related deaths. yet experts predict that trend will reverse this year because of the covert, 19, a pandemic, and lockdowns causing a shortage of hiv medication. then it's estimated there could be an additional

$1400000.00, a deaths caused by hiv. as a result, in south africa, one in 5 people has a new drug, however, is raising hopes for more effective prevention. as our correspondent adrian krishna reports from cape town for almost 2 decades, the nonprofit organization hope has been an important point of contact for those living with hiv. like here in the cape town township of delft. true 2 years ago, luis morris worked in a textile factory, but then her life took a difficult to turn. an accident left her unable to work out. google problems followed, and then she became infected with h. i.v. . but maybe it's my family didn't want to have anything to do with me. after my hiv diagnosis. they cut off contact. and even now if my neighbors knew that i have a chevy,

they would only say hi from a distance. they wouldn't invite me to their homes. it means i also keep my distance is not easy being a hiv positive, you have to somehow accept that people behave in a certain way towards you. i find it sad. dr. hughes on rainy, could and is used to hearing similar stories. at least half of the community has a family member that somebody that they know that they should be positive. but it's, but it's so common here, but people don't speak about it. they, people are definitely not open about it. they might speak to us about it and i might speak to the service providers about it, but they will, they finitely not speak. they're not open about their status. they worried about discrimination, although stigma still a massive problem in many communities, south africa has made mess of progress in the fight against hiv aids. over the past years, most people, the vast majority of those living with hiv,

know their status and are on medication. and just recently, researchers announced possibly for the good news. the preventative drug prep has been available for several years around 90000. south africans protect themselves against hiv infection by taking a daily tablet. now a study into a similar preventative drug that needs to only be injected every 8 weeks, has found it to be even more efficient. women particularly have challenges with taking a pill a day. the issues of the habit of taking a pill, but also people experience a lot of social pressures. so women are judged as living with hiv. if they're taking pills that look like antiretrovirals, they may have judgments about their sexual activity. and partners may feel that they are wanting to be unfaithful, so there are many barriers to taking a pill a day. and what the injections were able to do is overcome some of those challenges by being discreet and convenient. independent researchers also cv,

injection is an important development, but further research is necessary to find other options to prevent hiv in women. young women are the hardest hit group in south africa. and do you really want to harm in some you know, so there are jews there hopefully in cape town also believes the injection could be a great help, but it may not be available for a number of years. in the meantime, more argent issues remain due to the covered pandemic. few a.j. patients are going to kleenex. as a result, the number of new infections, a new born says on the rise, a worrying trend. so after all the hard work to stop the spread of the virus. well, joining us for more now from geneva is tim martineau. he's the deputy executive

director of u.n. aids on a world aids day. are you concerned that attention? and perhaps more importantly, resources are being taken away from the battle against aids in the name of fighting the coronavirus pandemic. thanks for the only shark laugh. and i think it's and think it's important that we really understand code that 19 is a massive global pandemic that needs a comprehensive response for us in terms of the how such and such economically. so this is not an issue of a jealous of our neighbor. we recognise cobe it 19 is a significant issue. we are once again at the same time how it was to really beauty stress. the fact that the h.i.i. of a pandemic is that it's still a 5 massive issue and we are slipping and we are not meeting the targets that we set as if it is an international community then 2016. and that will have enormous impacts into the future for future generations. but if there's any news on the

positive developments front, what are the biggest names vance's in the fight against aids? i think if well, he's saying some things, some obvious improvements in terms of new new forms of prevention is injectable and profit prophylactics that can be taken to help people prevent the spread of infection. but we're also seeing quite, i think it's also important to look at some of the innovations in the way that people are accessing treatment and accessing services. so we've had, we've had modest progress in terms of what we call, what we call differentiated service delivery, where communities take a much stronger role in terms of the delivery of services and the public health care system can take a backseat and a role in supervision and support, but really these programs are led by communities. i might inspire them. and these, these are really making a sea change in both in terms of the effectiveness of the programs, but also their quality and their costs. that both,

both in terms of the biomedical developments, wissink but also some of the changes in terms of the key to delivery systems are really important. the things we're emphasizing today really is also about the need to deal with some of the policies and restrictions that make it light that make it extremely difficult for people to accept a services. whether it's discriminatory policies towards sex workers. whether it's men who have sex with men, or people who use drugs, and indeed, adolescent girls and young women, we have 5 and a half 1000 new infections amongst young women in east and southern africa each week. i'm. this has to be addressed fundamentally, good developments, but we are very, very concerned outside of the cup at 19, a pandemic that we are off target needs to be addressed. and let me ask you this. we are potentially just a week away from 1000 vaccine. yet there's still no assigned maxine for hiv aids. why is that?

so there are, there are ongoing trials and it's an exciting if we can investment and research into this and i think i think what has been achieved. think of it one thing, but the vaccination just speaks to the ambition that don't what we can achieve with bishan and what we can achieve if we really seek to achieve our goals. and that's why we're calling for global solidarity at this point and to see vaccinations as a, as a global public goods that should be available for everybody. and not just for the wealthy and something that needs to be for all countries and pro people that the federal aids vaccine we have, we have trials ongoing. the fundamental issue is the complexity of the virus and also the longevity of the illness. so it's actually much more difficult to see results from trials in real time. so we hope to get to culture new to progress, the corn, growing investment in inbox and nations, a new treatment programs because they are, they all bring results and do make a difference to people's lives to my to new u.n.

aid. thank you very much. thank you. very much and us and dr from madera is asking for a margin c approval of its covert 1000 vaccine in both europe and the united states . that means it could be in use in the united states within weeks by terrorists product would be the 2nd drug likely to receive special authorization following another developed by pfizer. and its a german partner by on tac. finding effective vaccines is a crucial part of tackling the corona, virus pandemic with madonna filing for and that can see approval of its vaccine. on monday, it could get the green light before christmas. you've been here? yes. that our advisory meeting is likely to be on december 17th. if you, hypo sebald at between the 70 and christmas to go. the product is approved. if the, u.s. food and drug administration gives the go ahead, inoculations could start within hours. and that by u.s.

vaccination, the just $65.00 general does stuff actually have a, it's going to mean on those. he's a baby under a year. so as soon as we get approval or urge our economies, teams are going to get hold of a vaccine we have. and start shipping it in the contrary, is going to vaccinate americans within 24 hours on the pro or the company hopes its latest trial results will lead to speedy approval in other countries too. in trials of the vaccine with more than 30000 people, only 30 participants became seriously ill. all of them had been given placebo shots . this makes the vaccine 100 percent effective against severe cases of co that 19 reported side effects include pain at the point of injection chills and fever. these symptoms usually result within one or 2 days, you know, on a personal level. when we saw the 1st interim results, i think we were all really,

really relieved and enthusiastic. i can tell you when i saw the final results last night, they came in a little bit earlier than that. we had planned for i love myself to cry for the 1st hour. the company says it will keep monitoring to check for any further side affects. and in a formula, one news, the lewis hamilton will miss it this weekend. so here grand prix in a bahrain after testing positive for the coronavirus, campbellton, it claimed our record equalling 7th world title just last month with 3 races to spare. his mercedes team says the britain is doing well despite showing mild symptoms and is itself isolating. and it's to japan now where engineers have been putting an 18 a metre tall a robot through its paces. the creation is, a spin off from a popular 1970, s., and i'm a series called mobile suit. gundam featuring enormous battle robots piloted by

humans. now gundam is the main attraction at a theme park in yokohama, due to open later this month. robots a big in japan, and this one is larger than life. can dam stands at just over 18 meters tall and weighs 25 tons of mortar. on this book, i've been a fan since i was, a schoolboy. in the 1980 s., the models were so popular, they were always sold out. i used to queue up to get one. for those of us. she said that i took a couple don't count and was born in 1979 as a children's toy. this is a middle school year. it spawned a whole science fiction universe, a hugely popular. and i'm a series of movies, manga has and video games that have grossed more than $20000000000.00.

now the whole world can see how much we japanese love anime, games and manga. so, maybe we have a primal desire to create something gigantic. it used to be good and now it's can damn. countdown is an icon in japan. so much say that the organizers of the tokyo olympics sent him into space on a mini satellite to promote the games. because of the pandemic, he will have to stay in orbit for a while longer. but that won't change his mission. to keep it due to the story of gun them teaches us that there is no friend or foe. everyone has a bit of both in them. but what he wants to tell us is that war is always a tragedy, an intergalactic message that the colossal robot will be promoting.

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