OVER 7 MILLION PEOPLE NOW RECEIVING HIV TREATMENT IN AFRICA – UN REPORT

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OVER 7 MILLION PEOPLE NOW RECEIVING HIV TREATMENT IN AFRICA – UN
REPORTNew York, May 21 2013 5:00PMThe number of people in Africa
receiving antiretroviral treatment increased from less than 1 million
to 7.1 million over seven years, according to a United Nations report
which documents the progress in the AIDS response in the world's
second largest continent.

"Africa has been relentless in its quest to turn the AIDS epidemic
around," <"http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2013/may/20130521prupdateafrica/">said
the Executive Director of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS),
Michel Sidibé.

Antiretroviral treatment increased from less than 1 million in 2005 to
7.1 million in 2012, with nearly 1 million added in the last year
alone. AIDS-related deaths were also reduced by 32 per cent from 2005
to 2011.

The UNAIDS <i><"http://www.unaids.org/en/media/unaids/contentassets/documents/document/2013/05/20130521_Update_Africa.pdf">Update</i>
on Africa, which was released to coincide with the beginning of the
African Union's (AU) 21st summit in Addis Ababa, which began Sunday
and ruins through 27 May, attributes this success to strong leadership
and shared responsibility in Africa and among the global community. It
also urges sustained commitment to ensure Africa achieves zero new HIV
infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths.

"As we celebrate 50 years of African unity, let us also celebrate the
achievements Africa has made in responding to HIV—and recommit to
pushing forward so that future generations can grow up free from
AIDS," Mr. Sidibé said.

The report states that 16 countries—Botswana, Ghana, Gambia, Gabon,
Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, São Tomé and Principe,
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia,
and Zimbabwe—now ensure that more than three-quarters of pregnant
women living with HIV receive antiretroviral medicine to prevent
transmission to their child.

Despite positive trends, Africa continues to be more affected by HIV
than any other region of the world, and accounts for 69 per cent of
people living with HIV globally. In 2011 there were still 1.8 million
new HIV infections across the continent, and 1.2 million people died
of AIDS-related illnesses.

In the report, entitled Update, Mr. Sidibé emphasizes that sustained
attention to the AIDS response post-2015 will enhance progress on
other global health priorities. He also identifies five lessons in the
AIDS response that will improve the world's approach to global health.
These are: focusing on people, not diseases; leveraging the strength
of culture and communities; building strong, accountable global heath
institutions; mobilizing both domestic and international financial
commitments; and elevating health as a force for social
transformation.

"These strategies have been fundamental to Africa's success at halting
and reversing the AIDS epidemic and will support the next 50 years of
better health, across borders and across diseases," he said.

The report also stresses AU leadership is essential to reverse the
epidemic. At this year's Summit, AIDS Watch Africa, a platform for
advocacy and accountability for the responses to AIDS, tuberculosis
and malaria founded by African leaders in 2001, will review progress
on health governance, financing, and access to quality medicines,
among other areas, and measure whether national, regional, continental
and global stakeholders have met their commitments.

The AU, UNAIDS and the New Partnership for Africa's Development
(NEPAD) will also launch the first accountability report on the AU-G8
partnership, focusing on progress towards ending AIDS, Tuberculosis
and Malaria in Africa.May 21 2013 5:00PM
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