Five Years to Children Born HIV Negative

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria says a world where all children are born free of HIV infection is possible in only five years if donors continue to fund global efforts to combat the virus.

The fund states that in addition tuberculosis (TB) transmission will be halved by 2015 and malaria will be eliminated as a public health problem by 2020 if it increases funding for its programmes.

According to health minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, the fund has provided treatment for 400 000 of the 920 000 people who are on ART in the country. Motsoaledi says that the funding has helped the country to progress in achieving the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals on time.

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