Morning Briefing

In this post in the Huffington Post's "Impact" blog, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe examines the role of the fight against AIDS in sustaining economic and social development in Africa. "Africa is breaking records," he writes, noting the economic growth, increased access to information, rise in democracy, decline in poverty, increased school enrollment -- especially for girls -- and decline in AIDS-related deaths on the continent. "Africa is now poised to push towards a new vision of: zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths," and "it needs everyone's support," he continues.