During his attendance at the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé met with the President of Guinea, Alpha Condé, to discuss the AIDS response in Guinea and across the wider region of western and central Africa.
Their discussions focused on the need for a fully-funded AIDS response and concerns that the region is not making sufficient headway in reducing the impact of the AIDS epidemic.
Historically, western and central Africa has had lower levels of new HIV infections than other parts of the continent. However, new data are showing that while southern and eastern Africa has seen the number of new HIV infections decline, western and central Africa has not seen the same progress.
Mr Condé said he was fully supportive of the proposed adoption of an emergency plan for scaling up the AIDS response across the region.
