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Sustainable financing for HIV is possible

Health Cabinet Secretary Dr Cleopa Mailu

NAIROBI: Three weeks ago, Heads of State met at the 71st session of the UN General Assembly to deliberate on the status of HIV and AIDS globally. The global report on the gains made on HIV and AIDS treatment showed that by the end of 2015, 17 million HIV-positive individuals had been initiated on ARV treatment against a target of 15 million.

An even more ambitious target is to enrol 30million people, including 14.7 million in sub-Saharan Africa by 2020.
To achieve these goals, the world committed to raising the necessary $26billion by 2020 and Governments committed to increase domestic financing.

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