NUMBERS OF PEOPLE REACHED AND SERVICES PROVIDED CONTINUES TO RISE

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David Garmaise

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Global Fund releases end-2104 numbers

ABSTRACT In the last year, in programs supported by the Global Fund, the number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy was up 20%; the number of malaria bednets distributed rose 25%; and the number of TB cases detected and treated increased by 9%. The Fund released the 2014 numbers on 1 December.

The number of people receiving anti-retroviral therapy through programs supported by the Global Fund reached an estimated 7.3 million by the end of 2014, a 20% increase over a year earlier. A total 450 million insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria were distributed, up 25% over 2013’s total of 360 million. The number of TB cases detected and treated rose from 11.2 million a year ago to 12.3 million at the end of 2014, a 9% increase.

Other key results numbers announced by the Fund on World AIDS Day, 1 December, show year-on-year increases ranging from 4% to 38%. See the table for details.

The Numbers
Cumulative results for programs to which the Global Fund contributed
	RESULTS TO DECEMBER 2014	RESULTS TO DECEMBER 2013	YEAR-TO-YEAR CHANGE
No. of people receiving ART	7.3 million	6.1 million	+ 20%
TB smear-positive cases detected and treated	12.3 million	11.2 million	+ 9%
MDR-TB cases treated	150,000	108,908	+ 38%
No. of condoms distributed	4.9 billion	4.5 billion	+ 9%
No. of HIV counseling and testing sessions conducted	390 million	306 million	+ 27%
No. of  malaria ITNs distributed	450 million	360 million	+ 25%
Structures covered by IRS	55.0 million	48.3 million	+ 14%
Malaria cases treated	470 million	390 million	+ 21%
HIV behavioral change communications	450 million	412 million	+ 9%
No. of women receiving PMTCT treatment	2.7 million	2.4 million	+ 13%
Care and support services provided	27.0 million	24.6 million	+ 10%
Care and support for OVC	7.2 million	6.9 million	+ 4%
Treatment for STIs	21.0 million	19.6 million	+ 7%
People treated for TB/HIV	11.0 million	9.4 million	+ 17%
Person episodes of training for health or community workers	15.6 million	14.9 million	+ 5%

In a news release accompanying the announcement of the results, the Global Fund said that the numbers “show significant movement towards common milestones in HIV response, articulated well in a study recently released by UNAIDS that calls for fast-tracking the HIV response to end the epidemic by 2030.” The news release also noted the accelerated efforts against malaria and progress in the response to TB.