{"id":7096,"date":"2026-07-14T21:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/?p=7096"},"modified":"2026-08-04T21:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:42:29","slug":"rates-of-hiv-aids-down-but-children-still-vulnerable-says-vatican-diplomat-to-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/rates-of-hiv-aids-down-but-children-still-vulnerable-says-vatican-diplomat-to-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Rates of\u00a0HIV,\u00a0AIDS\u00a0Down, but Children Still Vulnerable, Says Vatican Diplomat to\u00a0UN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Gina Christian, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osvnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OSV News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(OSV News) \u2014 Much has been done to mitigate rates of HIV and AIDS, but more work remains as children are still vulnerable to the virus and the disease it causes, the Holy See\u2019s diplomatic representative to the United Nations said in a recent address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe number of new HIV infections has declined in most regions since 2010, with the greatest decreases in sub-Saharan Africa,\u201d said Monsignor Marco Formica, the interim charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires of the Vatican\u2019s permanent <a href=\"https:\/\/holyseemission.org\/contents\/mission\/staff.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">observer mission at the United Nations.<\/a> Archbishop Gabriele G. Caccia served as the Vatican\u2019s U.N. permanent observer from 2019 until his March appointment as papal nuncio to the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Msgr. Formica shared his thoughts on July 10 during the U.N.\u2019s 2026 high-level meeting on HIV\/AIDS, which had as its theme, \u201cUnited to End AIDS.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2001, the meeting has taken place every five years at the U.N. Secretariat, the multinational body\u2019s main administration, in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to its website, UNAIDS \u2014 the U.N. agency tasked with eradicating that disease and its underlying virus \u2014 serves \u201cas the primary political mechanism for accountability and commitment in the global <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2018\/11\/drawing-holy-spirit-fighting-hiv-aids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HIV response<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s high-level meeting was held June 22-23, with additional speakers scheduled on July 10, when Msgr. Formica spoke, the Holy See U.N. Mission confirmed to OSV News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his address, Msgr. Formica said that the Holy See \u201cacknowledges the progress that has been accomplished in preventing and treating HIV and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2024\/12\/helping-kenyans-live-with-hiv-aids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AIDS<\/a> in the past five years,\u201d while also commending the \u201cgreat strides made overall\u201d since the inaugural high-level meeting in 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Progress made, but millions remain at risk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 1995 \u2014 when an average of 3.5 million annually contracted the immunodeficiency virus \u2014 new HIV infections have been slashed by 65%, according to UNAIDS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHaving access and adherence to antiretroviral treatment, people with HIV can live longer and lead healthier lives,\u201d said Msgr. Formica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, as of 2025, there were close to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unaids.org\/en\/resources\/fact-sheet?_hsmi=79871197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">41 million living with HIV<\/a>, with more than half (51%) women and girls, and 1.3 million of that total number were children ages 14 and under, the agency states on its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Msgr. Formica described children as \u201cparticularly vulnerable to HIV,\u201d noting \u201cgaps in both diagnosis and treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citing the U.N. Secretary-General\u2019s report to the conference, Msgr. Formica said such gaps \u201cmean that the 3% of HIV patients that are children account for 12% of deaths due to HIV.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report itself stressed that \u201cAIDS is not over,\u201d and that \u201cthe global HIV response is at a critical juncture\u201d due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2026\/05\/lay-missioner-continues-the-battle-against-hiv-in-tanzania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funding declines<\/a>, debt burdens in affected nations, increasing humanitarian crises and \u201ca regression in human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Msgr. Formica specifically noted a lack of testing and treatment for at-risk and HIV positive mothers, while urging \u201cquality\u201d care for women before, during and after pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is vital to ensure early testing and consistent access to treatment for children with HIV in child-friendly formulations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMultisectoral partnerships\u201d have made care more available and affordable, yet \u201cmany are still excluded\u201d from HIV and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2026\/03\/heart-and-mission-for-the-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AIDS treatment<\/a>, \u201cmostly in the developing world,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A call to not ignore poverty and vulnerability<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Msgr. Formica called for enhancing healthcare systems and research in developing nations, quoting Pope Leo XIV\u2019s comments during a 2025 visit to a Lebanon hospital: \u201cWe cannot conceive of a society that races ahead at full speed clinging to the false myths of wellbeing, while at the same time ignoring so many situations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/11\/report-global-poverty-religious-restrictions-discrimination-against-women-remain-high\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poverty and vulnerability<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Catholic healthcare institutions, which \u201cprovide approximately a quarter of all HIV-related care worldwide,\u201d will continue working to \u201censure that all people living with HIV receive treatment and care in line with their inherent human dignity,\u201d said Msgr. 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