A few days after World AIDS Day, the United States announced that it would contribute up to $ 5 billion to the global fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria for the next three years. Created in 2002, the fund sets a target of 15 billion dollars collected to finance research for new treatments and for improving screening for the HIV virus.
“Now is the time to fund the fund again. The United States will contribute $ 1 for every other donors pledging $ 2 over the next three years, up to $ 5 billion. from the United States, Barack Obama told AFP, conditioning his aid to the effort of third countries.
$ 100 million should also be allocated to a US public research program to fight the HIV virus. The aim is to “develop a new generation of therapies, because the United States should be at the forefront of new findings on how we achieve long-term remission from HIV without long-term therapies, or better, (on how we) eliminate it completely. “
AIDS is one of the biggest public health problems. WHO estimates that in 2012 there were approximately 35.3 million people living with HIV in the world.
Sub-Saharan Africa is the region most affected by the virus in the world. It represents 69% of people living with HIV worldwide. Prevention and screeningwith these populations, major challenges remain in eradicating the disease.
