Singapore, July 6 -- The 23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020 became the first virtual edition of the International AIDS Conference, considering the COVID-19 pandemic. The digital conference is happening from 6th to 10th July 2020 and invites interested participants to register on the link given below.

Asia Pacific has long been battling a debilitating and complex epidemic - HIV/AIDS. In 2018, UNAIDS reported that APAC region saw approximately 310,000 new HIV infections, causing the total prevalence to surge to an alarming 5.9 million. In the same year, roughly 200,000 people have died from AIDS-related illnesses, and these deaths have continued to escalate.

While there have been great strides to boost access to antiretroviral ...