Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) is still inadequate in reaching people in India suffering from HIV-AIDS. Research says that 2.6 lakh people are still in dire need of ART in the country. According to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) latest report, ‘Towards Universal Access,’ which tracks progress in achieving the 2010 target for HIV prevention, treatment and care, around 5.8 lakh HIV patients required ART in end-2009.
A study among couples showed early use of drugs slashed the risk of HIV infection through sex by 96 per cent.
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and the UNAIDS, the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, are launching an unique partnership to halt and reverse the HIV epidemic in India.
The UNAIDS’ new report titled ‘Financial Resources Required to Achieve Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support’, says that for achieving the goal of providing universal access to comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010, there is requirement of a dramatic and urgent scale-up of efforts.
The World Bank has recently announced that it will work with Jamaican authorities to prepare a Second HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project based on the current program
Asian Development Bank (ADB) will sponsor a programme to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS by raising awareness among high-risk groups in the Philippines in partnership with the government’s Department of Health, members of the private sector and non-government organizations.
