Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases BY Jenny, Eve, May 11-01
THE PAST
2001 -2012 26 % 22 m. HIV incidence rate 2001 and 2012 Global malaria deaths fell by 26 percent from 2000 to 2010. Between 1995 and 2012, tuberculosis treatment saved 22 million lives.
600 9.5 m.
PRESENT
24.6 m. Cambodia: Cambodia has one of the world’s highest tuberculosis rates. The World Health Organization (WHO) and international partners built a successful national TB care and control programme. According to a new survey, there has been a 45 per cent decrease in the number of people ill with TB from 2002 to 2011. Democratic Republic of the Congo: Malaria is one of the major causes of morbidity in the country, and a significant contributor to child deaths. A mass campaign was launched on World Malaria Day 2012 with the aim of distributing 13.7 million long lasting insecticide-treated nets to reach at least 24.6 million beneficiaries.
400,000 Zambia: The Ministry of Health, with UNDP support, is scaling up access to treatment by creating 68 new antiretroviral therapy (ART) sites and supplying drugs to all 454 existing ART sites nationwide, giving some 400,000 people access to free HIV/AIDS treatment. Global Fund support provided ART drugs to some 214,339 patients in 2012 and 195,679 in 2013, including HIV-positive pregnant women.
FUTURE
2015 50%
2015 15 m.
2015 $22-24 b. 50%
References http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/mdgoverview/mdg_goals/mdg6/ http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/Goal_6_fs.pdf http://www.unaids.org/en/aboutunaids/unaidsstrategygoalsby2015 http://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/en/media/unaids/contentassets/documents/epidemiology/2013/gr2013/UNAIDS_Global_Report_2013_en.pdf