1er December 2003 – The World Health Organization (WHO) announces the launch of an ambitious initiative which, when completed in two years, is expected to have led to the treatment of three million people with AIDS in developing countries .
This project, dubbed “3 million by 2005”, is carried out jointly by WHO and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS) in collaboration with various government and private partners. The WHO revealed last week that 40 million people are currently infected with AIDS and that this year alone 8,000 people have died from it every day.
In particular, the initiative will focus on better detection of the disease, easier and faster access to treatment and greater dissemination of knowledge, in order to slow the progression of the disease in the countries where it is spreading. the fastest.
A new body, the World AIDS Drugs and Diagnostics Service (AMDS) will be created and administered by WHO, with the aim of helping countries plan and manage the supply and supply of needed commodities. in the treatment and follow-up of AIDS. Thousands of community workers will be trained for this purpose.
WHO estimates the cost of the program for the next two years at around US $ 5.5 billion.
Jean-Benoit Legault – PasseportSanté.net