The Global Fund have announced accelerated progress in providing HIV prevention, treatment and care across the globe, with recent results showing there are 11 million people receiving antiretroviral therapy for HIV via Global Fund programs.
Reports from the past year also show 4.3 million pregnant women were provided with antiretroviral treatment to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child. An achievement made possible by multilateral partnerships between governments, civil society networks, local and international organisations, as well as considerable contributions from donors.
Marijke Wijnroks, Global Fund Interim Executive Director, claimed that while these are exceptional results there is always more to achieve.
“Our partnership is achieving results on a scale that few of us thought was possible,” said Wijnroks. “But we need to do even more. The number of new infections is still too high and, as we continue to expand lifesaving HIV treatments we need a stronger focus on prevention, human rights and gender. Reaching key and vulnerable populations, youth, and adolescent girls and young women is absolutely essential.”
Source: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, 2017, www.theglobalfund.org