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Plan
of Action
The
Goals
UNAIDS,
in cooperation with its bi-lateral and multi-lateral partners, has laid
out a series of goals for the next five years as described below.� The
Administration seeks to further these goals through an initiative entitled
�Joining Forces for LIFE�:� Leadership and Investment in Fighting
an Epidemic.
- The incidence
of HIV infection will be reduced by 25% among 15-24 year olds by 2005.�
(Currently 2 million young adults are infected each year in sub-Saharan
Africa.)
- At least 75%
of HIV infected persons will have access to basic care and support
services at the home and community levels, including drugs for common
opportunistic infections (TB, pneumonia, and diarrhea).� (Currently,
less than 1% of HIV infected persons have such access.)
- Orphans will
have access to education and food on an equal basis with their non-orphaned
peers.
- By 2001, domestic
and external resources available for HIV/AIDS efforts in Africa will
have doubled to $300 million per year.� (Currently, approximately
$150 million per year is spent on HIV/AIDS prevention in sub-Saharan
Africa.)
- By 2005, 50%
of HIV infected pregnant women will have access to interventions to
reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission.� (Currently, less than 1%
of HIV infected pregnant women have access to such services in sub-Saharan
Africa.
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