Partnership And Progress On The Path To Achieving Millennium Development Goal 6

TweetEditor’s note: For more on global health, stay tuned for the upcoming September issue of Health Affairs. In 2000, nearly 200 world leaders came together and agreed on a set of objectives intended to tackle some of the most pressing development challenges of our time, such as poverty, AIDS, and child mortality. With a target date of December 31, 2015, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) provided a clear path for progress and a platform for immediate action. Last week, on August 18, we reached a milestone on that path – as of that date, 500 days remained to achieve these eight goals. So where do we stand, and what more must be done? Combatting HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Other Diseases For those of us focused acutely on MDG number 6—combatting HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases—the recent Millennium Development Goals Report had encouraging news. An estimated 3.3 million deaths from malaria were averted between 2000 and 2012 due to the expansion of malaria interventions, and efforts to fight tuberculosis have saved an estimated 22 million lives since 1995. If these trends continue, the world will stay on track to reach the targets for reduction of new cases of malaria and tuberculosis by the end of 2015. With respect to HIV/AIDS, 6.6 million lives have been saved since 1995 by expanding access to antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. In 2012 alone, ARVs were delivered to 9.5 million people in developing regions. The MDGs have given a diverse range of partners the opp...
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