[e-med] Le Fonds mondial de lutte contre le sida débloque 866 millions$

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E-MED:Le Fonds mondial de lutte contre le sida débloque 866 millions$
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Le Fonds mondial de lutte contre le sida débloque 866 millions de dollars

GENEVE, 31 jan (AFP) - 21h19 - Le Fonds mondial de lutte contre le Sida, la
tuberculose et le paludisme a annoncé vendredi avoir débloqué 866 millions
de dollars sur deux ans pour aider soixante pays à mettre en place des
programmes de lutte.

"Soixante pour cent de ce montant sera destiné à la lutte contre le sida", a
précisé un communiqué qui ajoute qu'une part importante de la somme sera
envoyée aux organisations non gouvernementales et au secteur privé, pour
compléter les efforts gouvernementaux.

"Trente millions de familles africaines seront maintenant protégées de la
malaria grâce à des filets traités de protection contre les moustiques",
selon le communiqué.

En outre, le Fonds procurera plus de 4 millions de traitements à base
d'arteminisine, des nouveaux médicaments efficaces pour soigner les
Africains qui souffrent de souches résistantes de malaria, a souligné le
Fonds.

Le Fonds a estimé que le nombre de personnes traitées aux antirétroviraux en
Afrique  serait multiplié par six grâce à des fonds antérieurs, s'assurant
ainsi que 500.000 nouvelles personnes recevront ces médicaments dans les
pays en développement.

En Afrique, qui bénéficiera de 60% de ce nouveau support financier, c'est
l'Ethiopie  qui recevra le plus - jusqu'à 93,3 millions de dollars pendant
deux ans -, suivi par le  Mozambique (54 millions de dollars), la Namibie et
le Sierra Leone (2,5 millions de dollars).

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"Reproduced from the Global Fund Observer Newsletter
(www.aidspan.org/gfo), a service of Aidspan."

1. NEWS: Global Fund Board Approves Second Round of Grants
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The Global Fund today issued a press release as follows:

Grants committing up to US$ 866 million over two years were awarded today by
the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to help 60 countries
rapidly scale up programs to stop these diseases. Much of the money will go
to NGOs and the private sector, complementing the efforts of governments.

"The Global Fund's newest grants are quickly taking public/private
partnerships to scale to make a broad global impact against AIDS,
tuberculosis and malaria," said Richard Feachem, executive director of the
Global Fund. "Not only is the Global Fund encouraging the most effective
players to work together to get the job done on the front lines of the
epidemics, it is also helping donors coordinate efforts, reduce waste and
focus on achieving results."

Sixty per cent of the new money will go to fight HIV/AIDS. The Global Fund
will increase six-fold the number of people being treated with
antiretrovirals (ARVs) in Africa with grants from its two initial proposal
rounds, ensuring that 500,000 additional people receive these medicines in
developing countries.

All of the AIDS grants include prevention components; 98 per cent use
targeted communication campaigns to change the behavior of vulnerable
groups, including youth and school children, and 70 per cent include
prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) and voluntary counseling
and testing (VCT). Also, the AIDS grants will provide care and support to
500,000 AIDS orphans and vulnerable children.

With the new funds, 30 million African families will now be protected from
malaria with treated mosquito nets, making the Fund the biggest purchaser of
mosquito nets in the continent. In addition, Global Fund grants will now
provide more than 4 million courses of treatments of the new and more
effective arteminisin-based medicines for Africans with resistant strains of
malaria. Currently, only 15,000 people in Africa are being treated each year
with these medicines

The new grants will also help treat 2 million people with tuberculosis over
the next five years through the highly effective DOTS strategy. Without
these services, most of these people would either continue infecting others
with the disease or die. In many African and Asian countries, where 30 per
cent to 70 per cent of people are co-infected with TB and HIV, DOTS
treatment services can ward off a pervasive infection which threatens the
lives of those living with HIV/AIDS. A third of the TB grants also contain a
component for curing people with drug-resistant strains of the disease.

Africa was awarded the majority of funding, receiving 60 per cent of all
financial support. In Africa, Ethiopia received the greatest support, as it
will be provided with up to $93.3 million over two years for programs to
combat AIDS and malaria. Mozambique will receive up to US$54 million over
two years for its proposals to involve community, government and NGO
initiatives in addressing HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Namibia will
use up to US$ 26.1 to support 150,000 orphans and children affected by HIV.
In Sierra Leone, up to US $2.5 million will be spent to rebuild two dozen
tuberculosis treatment clinics that were destroyed during the country's
recent civil war.

The Global Fund also awarded malaria grants totaling up to US$ 27 million
over two years to Sudan. In an example of how the pursuit of health can
bring together populations, even those at war, representatives of the
Northern government in Sudan and representatives of the Sudanese People's
Liberation Army agree jointly to submit two Global Fund proposals under the
umbrella of the World Health Organization.

Three states in India received the largest single country grant within Asia,
up to $38.8 million for proposals for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS over two
years, the latter increasing their program for HIV/AIDS prevention and care
for pregnant women, their babies and their families. Over the full term of
the five-year proposals, more than 7 million pregnant women in the three
states will be offered HIV testing and counseling, and over 350,000 of them
will be provided antiretroviral prophylaxis to help prevent transmission to
their babies. The tuberculosis component addresses the reality that 55-60
per cent of people living with AIDS in India also have tuberculosis.

Along with the grants awarded last April, the second round grants commit the
Fund to disbursing up to US$ 1.5 billion in 2003 and 2004. Based on
performance, these grant recipients are eligible for up to US$ 2.2 billion
more after 2004.

At the close of its fourth Board meeting, financial statements made clear
that the Global Fund lacks the resources to approve a third round of grants
in October 2003.  At least US$ 6.3 billion in additional total contributions
are needed over the next two years.

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