GOAL 6:

COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES

Target 6.A:
Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS
New HIV infections continue to decline in most regions.
The number of new HIV infections per 100 adults (aged 15 to 49) declined by 44
per cent between 2001 and 2012.
An estimated 2.3 million cases of people of all ages are newly infected and 1.6
million people died from AID-related causes.
Comprehensive knowledge of HIV transmission remains low among young
people, along with condom use.
About 210,000 children died of AIDS-related causes in 2012, compared to
320,000 in 2005.
Target 6.B:
Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who
need it
Antiretroviral medicines to treat HIV were delivered to 9.5 million people in
developing regions in 2012.
Over 900,000 pregnant women living with HIV globally were receiving
antiretroviral prophylaxis or treatment by December 2012.
Target 6.C:
Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other
major diseases
Between 2000 and 2012, the substantial expansion of malaria interventions led
to a 42 per cent decline in malaria mortality rates globally.
In the decade since 2000, 3.3 million deaths from malaria were averted, and the
lives of three million young children were saved.
Thanks to increased funding, more children are sleeping under insecticidetreated bed nets in sub-Saharan Africa.
Treatment for tuberculosis has saved some 22 million lives between 1995 and
2012.
Malaria

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Around the world, 3.2 billion people are at risk of contracting malaria. In 2013, an
estimated 198 million cases occurred, and the disease killed approx. 584 000 people

most of them children under five in Africa. On average, malaria kills a child every
minute.
WHO-recommended strategies to tackle malaria include:
prevention with long-lasting insecticidal nets and indoor residual spraying;
diagnostic testing and treatment with quality-assured anti-malarial medicines;
preventive therapies for infants, children and pregnant women;
tracking every malaria case in a surveillance system;
scaling up the fight against emerging drug and insecticide resistance.
In a 2007 resolution, the World Health Assembly called for a 75% reduction in the global
malaria burden by 2015.
Tuberculosis
There were an estimated 9 million new cases of TB in 2013(including 1.1 million cases
among people with HIV) and an estimated 1.5 million deaths (including 360 000 people
with HIV), making this disease one of the world's biggest infectious killers.
The world is on track to reach the MDG target of reversing TB incidence by 2015.
However incidence is falling very slowly. WHO is working to combat the epidemic
through the Stop TB Strategy. This six-point strategy seeks to:
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1. pursue high-quality DOTS expansion and enhancement; DOTS is a five-point
package to
a. secure political commitment, with adequate and sustained financing
b. ensure early case detection, and diagnosis through quality-assured
bacteriology
c. provide standardized treatment with supervision and patient support
d. ensure effective drug supply and management and
e. monitor and evaluate performance and impact;
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address TB/HIV, multidrug-resistant TB and the needs of poor and vulnerable
populations;
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contribute to health system strengthening based on primary health care;
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engage all care providers;
5
empower people with TB, and communities through partnership; and
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enable and promote research.