Nigerai: AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria: AU Eradication by 2030 It is the objective of the strategy Tuesday in Nigeria by African leaders. The Special Summit of the African Union on Hiv / Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria opened last Monday in Nigeria on Tuesday, led an ambitious goal: the elimination of the three most deadly pandemics in Africa on the horizon 2030. The final declaration called "Abuja Commitment" called to accelerate and support the implementation of the action plan, including by injecting more money into the area recognized as a health priority. He also urged to work for the mobilization of domestic resources for health and stressed the need to implement social protection programs that incorporate these three diseases, among others. These conclusions were drawn at the end of work which took part in Abuja a dozen heads of state, heads of the AU and the UN specialized agencies. The chairman of the AU, Hailemarian Desalegn , stressed " the expansion of access to health services "at all, which for countries" a crucial issue. " Ethiopian Prime Minister why brandished the consideration of the health and well-being of people as a main condition for ensuring the maintenance of sustained economic growth achieved over the last decade in Africa. A statement that is based on a report by the AU and the p rogram joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS) on the occasion of this special summit. It makes recommendations that should lead states to convert health asset for economic growth and social progress in Africa. The President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, for its part, stressed the need to " do things differently "to" set clear and specific goals "to" implement the best strategies with results as soon as possible ". The summit called Abuja 12 was devoted to the review of commitments made by States at the Abuja summit in 2001. It was then mainly decided to allocate a minimum of 15% of public expenditure on health 2015. To date, only six Member States of the AU, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, Togo and Zambia, have met this requirement.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:43:17 +0000
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