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Global Fund continues rapid expansion of treatment

    JOHANNESBURG

    Programmes financed by the Global Fund are rapidly expanding treatment and services for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and malaria.

    The South African government news agency, BuaNews, quoted the Fund as saying, "The scale-up of AIDS treatment, in particular, is a collaborative effort, where donors, international organisations and NGOs all play supporting roles in national campaigns in many countries to roll out treatment, often under extremely difficult circumstances."

    A total of 220,000 people are receiving antiretroviral treatment through programmes supported by the Fund across the globe, while some 600,000 people are being treated for TB.

    The Fund has attributed its two-year treatment success to "substantial technical assistance from UNAIDS, the World Health Organisation, the UN Development Programme, and a number of other partners."

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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