Mozambique wants to curb AIDS, TB and Malaria – Ministry of Health’s Priority

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Mozambique wants to curb AIDS, TB and Malaria – Ministry of Health’s Priority

3:20 CAT | 21 Apr 2016

MDG : Tuberculosis in Mozambique : multi-drug resistant TB ward

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Mozambique Minister of Health, Nazira Salé, stressed on Wednesday the importance of greater coordination and more decisive breakthroughs to reduce the number of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria cases in the country.

Salé said that in the next two years, Mozambique will raise the numbers undergoing HIV/Aids treatment and continue efforts to reduce new infections. The sector will also seek to diagnose and treat more tuberculosis sufferers and reduce malaria deaths.

Salé presented the goals at the opening of the regional meeting of the Global Fund of Eastern and Southern Africa countries, of which Mozambique is a member.

Progress in the fight against these diseases, Salé went on, requires greater coordination with communities and national and international partners, as well as policy and strategy alignment.

“Our commitment is based on transparency and goodwill. Above all, we aim to improve efficiency, ensuring a constant dialogue with all stakeholders,” she said.

Official statistics indicate that 1.6 million people are infected with AIDS in Mozambique, but only 640,000 seek treatment, and more than a third drop out it in the first year. At least 60,000 cases of tuberculosis are diagnosed in the country annually and, in 2015, 160 people died of the disease, while another 129 abandoned treatment.

Source: Angop