US disburses US$450 million to combat Tuberculosis, Malaria and AIDS in Mozambique

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US disburses US$450 million to combat Tuberculosis, Malaria and AIDS in Mozambique

2:19 CAT | 09 Dec 2015

Lusa (File)

On Monday, the United States announced aid worth US$450 million dollars (EUR 414 million) to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Mozambique, under the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

The aid was announced at the start of the visit to Mozambique on Monday of the executive director of the Joint Programme of the United Nations on HIV/Aids (UNAIDS), Michel Sidibé, the US global coordinator for AIDS, Deborah Birx and the executive director of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Mark Dybul.

In a statement sent to Lusa, the US embassy noted that this year, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will donate over US$100 million (EUR 92 million) to finance projects and strengthen the Mozambique health system.

Funding in Mozambique between 2004 and 2014 by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief amounted to around US$2.1 billion (EUR 1.9 billion) and, from the Global Fund, US$430 million (EUR 396 million).

Mozambique Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Oldemiro Baloi reiterated the government’s commitment to the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria during a meeting with the three international leaders.

Mozambique has achieved remarkable progress in the fight against Aids, tuberculosis and malaria. More than 700,000 people are under antiretroviral treatment since June.

Meanwhile, more than 58,000 new cases of tuberculosis are reported and treated annually, and about 13 million treated mosquito nets were distributed in the country in the past three years.

AIDS affects more than 11 percent of the Mozambican population between 15 and 49 years of age, according to government data. Of the 1.6 million Mozambicans infected, only 640,000 sought treatment, and a third of those abandoned it in the first year.

Source: Lusa