WHO Unveils Plan to Fight HIV and AIDS

A program that was deemed "too ambitious" two years ago is set to be implemented by the World Health Organization (WHO). By providing instruction, expertise, and written documents, as well as calling for the training of 100,000 workers for 10,000 clinics, the WHO hopes to provide 3 million people with AIDS treatment by 2005. The WHO will not pay for the treatment itself, but it hopes to help facilitate the channeling of funds from donors to poor countries, while also educating governments as to how they can find the least expensive AIDS treatment drugs. Some of the biggest obstacles to AIDS treatment are the prevalence of other diseases like tuberculosis in poorer nations. AIDS victims are more likely to die of TB than others, immunizing an AIDS patient against TB can extend their life for up to three years. Programs such as these are what the WHO hopes will help AIDS victims live longer and better lives until treatment becomes more readily available. – YaleGlobal