Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Kabul (BNA) The Global Fund pledged 8.6 million USD for fight against HIV to Afghanistan, a statement from Ministry of Public Health said here yesterday, adding that the cooperation MoU was signed between the Ministry of Public Health, the Global Fund and the UNDP, through which the amount would be spent through United Nation’s Development Program – UNDP in Afghanistan.
“Afghanistan remains among the lowest level of HIV threats in Central and South Asia. But the threats might be increased due to usage of the injections by the addicts, while the access to information on HIV is also limited,” Dr. Najibullah Safi general director of the preventive medical department of the MoPH said, adding that preventive measures should be taken to avoid spreading of such disease.
According to the report of the national HIV control center, there have been 2086 cases registered in 2015, where 133 affected people have been died. Most of the cases were registered in urban areas where there are many HIV control centers.
Based on the statistic of the HIV center of the UN, 6700 HIV affected people were living till end of 2015, among which 945 were the newly registered cases, including 262 pregnant women with ages of between 15 – 49 years.
“For implementing of the HIV strategy (2015 – 2020), approximately 53 million USD has been predicated, that for the period of July 2016 to December 2017, amount of 15.86 million USD, where 57 percent of which would be paid by Global Fund, 25 percent by World Bank and 4 percent by the Afghan government,” Jocelyn Mason deputy to UNDP in Afghanistan said, as quoted by the MoPH statement.
