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UNITED NATIONS, June 3 (UPI) -- The head of the lead U.N. agency fighting HIV/AIDS says he is optimistic as long as the battle receives the same attention as global security.
Dr. Peter Piot, executive director of UNAIDS, told reporters at U.N. World Headquarters in New York Thursday achieving battle milestones including universal access to both treatment and prevention, getting the right funding to the front lines of the fight and treating the epidemic both as an emergency and a long-term threat are the goals.
"It is clear now that HIV/AIDS will be with us for decades, that no quick fix will work," he said. A long-term perspective would include both a focus on vaccines and a realization that the hundreds of thousands now requiring treatment for HIV/AIDS could turn into millions.
"That means thinking of 20, 30 or 40 years of treatment," he said, adding, "That's why we're doing this -- to make sure that people stay alive."
He spoke in connection with a special General Assembly review conference on the issue.
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