Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

Indicators

Target 6a: Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS

• 6,1 HIV prevalence among population aged 15-24 years
• 6,2 Condom use at last high-risk sex
• 6,3 Proportion of population aged 15-24 years with comprehensive correct knowledge of HIV/AIDS
• 6,4 Ratio of school attendance of orphans to school attendance of non-orphans aged 10-14 years

Target 6b: Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it

• 6,5 Proportion of population with advanced HIV infection with access to antiretroviral drugs

Target 6c: Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

• 6,6 Incidence and death rates associated with malaria
• 6,7 Proportion of children under 5 sleeping under insecticide-treated bed-nets
• 6,8 Proportion of children under 5 with fever who are treated with appropriate anti-malarial drugs
• 6,9 Incidence, prevalence and death rates associated with tuberculosis
• 6,10 Proportion of tuberculosis cases detected and cured under directly observed treatment short course

Are we on target?
Every day, nearly 7,500 people become infected with HIV and 5,500 die from AIDS, mostly due to a lack of HIV prevention and treatment services. Despite these staggering numbers, some encouraging developments have sparked small victories in the battle against AIDS.

Thanks to improvements in prevention programmes, the number of people newly infected with HIV declined from 3 million in 2001 to 2,7 million in 2007. And with the expansion of antiretroviral treatment services, the number of people who die from AIDS has started to decline, from 2,2 million in 2005 to 2,0 million in 2007. However, largely because newly infected people survive longer, the number of people living with HIV rose from an estimated 29,5 million in 2001 to 33 million in 2007. The vast majority of those living with HIV are in sub-Saharan Africa.

MDG 6 Solutions

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: An international financing institution that invests the world’s money to save lives. To date, it has committed US$ 19,3 billion in 144 countries to support large-scale prevention, treatment and care programs against the three diseases.

GMHC: World’s first and leading provider of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and advocacy.

Bill & Mehlinda Gates Foundation: Works in many areas, including support of combatting HIV/AIDS

The Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery (CAVD): An international network of scientists and experts dedicated to designing a variety of novel HIV vaccine candidates and advancing the most promising candidates to clinical trials.

CREATE: implementing research studies to assess the impact of bold, new public health paradigms for controlling the AIDS/TB epidemic.

Nothing But Nets: Every $10 contribution to Nothing But Nets covers the cost of purchasing a long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net, distributing it, and educating communities on its use. see video

Malaria No More: Blanketing Africa with mosquito nets, effective medicine and targeted spraying to stop people dying from malaria.

Medicine For Humanity: Works to improve the health of women in underserved populations by bringing much needed medical care and creating sustainable programs of education, prevention and treatment. Read On

Doctors Without Borders:  Over 27,000 nurses and doctors who volunteer to provide medical to people whose survival is threatened by armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters.