BRUSSELS -- The EU announced that it will give 22 million euros for the fight against AIDS in developing countries.

The aid program is aimed primarily at young people in the areas of prevention, care and treatment, IRNA reported.

The implementation of the program will be carried out through private, public, national or/and international nonprofit organizations. A call for proposals will be launched in the coming days.

As recently reported at the International AIDS Conference in Barcelona (Spain), 40 million people today are living with HIV, 95 % of them in developing countries.

New infections are occurring at a rate of 15,000 a day. Youth, especially young women, are acquiring the immunodeficiency virus in an accelerated way.