WHO: continue to help countries strengthen AIDS treatment

The report of AIDS activists said the situation of treating AIDS patients in poor countries is still very stagnant. The World Health Organization (WHO) has set a goal that by the end of 2005, three million people with HIV / AIDS in developing countries will be supported with medication, but the goal is called ' 3 above. 5 'This was not possible.

Dr. Kevin DeCock, director of the WHO's HIV / AIDS Prevention Agency, said countries must be more accountable for their fight against AIDS by setting a goal of treating their own countries. A new WHO five-year plan will help countries in five major technical areas, such as HIV testing and counseling; re-consolidate prevention activities; continue to strengthen treatment; strengthening the health system; and invest in inspection and supervision activities, and guide health agencies to respond to epidemics.

Meanwhile, the Thai Ministry of Health on November 29 has begun to enforce a regulation to abolish patent patents for five years for AIDS-specific drugs Efavirenz. Following that rule, the Thai Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPD) will conduct mass production of the low-cost version of Efavirenz for six months.

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