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Retired in 2010, In Memoriam
URGENT SCALE-UP OF ACTION NECESSARY
TO ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL ACCESS ? UNAIDS
TO ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL ACCESS ? UNAIDS
Achieving the goal of providing universal access to comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010 will require a dramatic and urgent scale-up of efforts, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said in a new report released today.
Universal access for 14 million people in less than three years? time will also require significant increases in funding, between $32 and $51 billion, up from $10 billon this year. By 2015, between $45 and $58 billion would be necessary to prolong this approach, according to the report, entitled ?Financial Resources Required to Achieve Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support.?
Last year, a high-level General Assembly meeting was convened to bolster commitment to achieving the target of universal access by 2010, and by this June 93 countries had set ambitious goals while an additional 60 nations had developed strategic plans.
Brazil and Botswana are among countries that have made strides towards the goal, especially through the achievement of universal access to antiretroviral treatment. Other nations such as Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa are pushing ahead to meet their national targets by 2010.
However, the $10 billion made available this year to fund the fight against the virus falls far short of what is needed to achieve universal access.
The new report also puts forward two other approaches to financing the effort to halt the spread of, and treat those living with, HIV/AIDS.<script><!-- D(["mb","\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>One suggestion is to boost resources to between\n$14 and $18 billion and achieve the treatment of 8 million people by 2015.\n\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>The other is to increase funding for countries\nbased on their capacities and ultimately reaching universal access in all\nnations by 2015. \u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>According to the report, the lack of investment\nin the early years of the AIDS response, particularly in strengthening\nhealth systems and addressing the ?drivers of the epidemic,? has resulted\nin a more serious epidemic and the higher levels of funding needed today.\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>* * *\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>DEVELOPING STATES NEED HELP COMBATING CLIMATE\nCHANGE, MOZAMBICAN LEADER TELLS UN\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>Developing countries bear the brunt of climate\nchange and need international assistance to help them mitigate its effects,\nthe President of Mozambique told the United Nations General Assembly today.\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>Addressing the Assembly?s annual high-level\ndebate, Armando Em? Guebuza said increases in extreme weather patterns,\nrising sea levels and other effects of climate change are ?felt more harshly\nin developing countries? which lack the capacity to properly respond.\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>?More than ever, and in the face of recurrent\nand more and more devastating tragedies, there is a need for involvement\nof all members of the international community in the implementation of\nglobal actions enshrined in [international] commitments,? he said.\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>The Mozambican President praised Secretary-General\nBan Ki-moon for having convened an unprecedented global gathering on the\nissue earlier this week, which he said ?opens up new prospects for the\nrenewed momentum required so that substantial progress can be made during\nthe Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate\nChange (UNFCCC) to be held this December in Bali, Indonesia.?",1] ); //--></script>
One suggestion is to boost resources to between $14 and $18 billion and achieve the treatment of 8 million people by 2015.
The other is to increase funding for countries based on their capacities and ultimately reaching universal access in all nations by 2015.
According to the report, the lack of investment in the early years of the AIDS response, particularly in strengthening health systems and addressing the ?drivers of the epidemic,? has resulted in a more serious epidemic and the higher levels of funding needed today.
Universal access for 14 million people in less than three years? time will also require significant increases in funding, between $32 and $51 billion, up from $10 billon this year. By 2015, between $45 and $58 billion would be necessary to prolong this approach, according to the report, entitled ?Financial Resources Required to Achieve Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support.?
Last year, a high-level General Assembly meeting was convened to bolster commitment to achieving the target of universal access by 2010, and by this June 93 countries had set ambitious goals while an additional 60 nations had developed strategic plans.
Brazil and Botswana are among countries that have made strides towards the goal, especially through the achievement of universal access to antiretroviral treatment. Other nations such as Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa are pushing ahead to meet their national targets by 2010.
However, the $10 billion made available this year to fund the fight against the virus falls far short of what is needed to achieve universal access.
The new report also puts forward two other approaches to financing the effort to halt the spread of, and treat those living with, HIV/AIDS.<script><!-- D(["mb","\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>One suggestion is to boost resources to between\n$14 and $18 billion and achieve the treatment of 8 million people by 2015.\n\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>The other is to increase funding for countries\nbased on their capacities and ultimately reaching universal access in all\nnations by 2015. \u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>According to the report, the lack of investment\nin the early years of the AIDS response, particularly in strengthening\nhealth systems and addressing the ?drivers of the epidemic,? has resulted\nin a more serious epidemic and the higher levels of funding needed today.\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>* * *\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>DEVELOPING STATES NEED HELP COMBATING CLIMATE\nCHANGE, MOZAMBICAN LEADER TELLS UN\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>Developing countries bear the brunt of climate\nchange and need international assistance to help them mitigate its effects,\nthe President of Mozambique told the United Nations General Assembly today.\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>Addressing the Assembly?s annual high-level\ndebate, Armando Em? Guebuza said increases in extreme weather patterns,\nrising sea levels and other effects of climate change are ?felt more harshly\nin developing countries? which lack the capacity to properly respond.\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>?More than ever, and in the face of recurrent\nand more and more devastating tragedies, there is a need for involvement\nof all members of the international community in the implementation of\nglobal actions enshrined in [international] commitments,? he said.\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>The Mozambican President praised Secretary-General\nBan Ki-moon for having convened an unprecedented global gathering on the\nissue earlier this week, which he said ?opens up new prospects for the\nrenewed momentum required so that substantial progress can be made during\nthe Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate\nChange (UNFCCC) to be held this December in Bali, Indonesia.?",1] ); //--></script>
One suggestion is to boost resources to between $14 and $18 billion and achieve the treatment of 8 million people by 2015.
The other is to increase funding for countries based on their capacities and ultimately reaching universal access in all nations by 2015.
According to the report, the lack of investment in the early years of the AIDS response, particularly in strengthening health systems and addressing the ?drivers of the epidemic,? has resulted in a more serious epidemic and the higher levels of funding needed today.