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US meets global AIDS targets but urges more action

    JOHANNESBURG
    The US says it has met its AIDS treatment goal in Africa, but urges nations to do more to help the World Health Organisation (WHO) realise its own treatment targets. WHO plans to have three million people in the developing world on anti-AIDS drugs by the end of 2005 - the '3 by 5' programme -but overall coverage remains low. The Associated Press quoted US Global AIDS Coordinator Randall Tobias as saying, "There aren't going to be any magic answers and there's going to be some pained stretching involved to come up with the economic resources to address this." In report released on Wednesday, updating progress toward meeting its '3 by 5' target, WHO said an estimated 1 million people are currently receiving antiretroviral treatment.

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