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See PDF] According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Africa was home to 95 per cent of global malaria cases and 96 per cent of malaria deaths in 2020 , with children under five accounting for about 80 per cent of all malaria deaths in the region. Harper urged countries where NTDs are endemic to commit to bring treatment into their health systems and train their health workers to support this, especially in remote communities that also need access to clean water and sanitation. Melanie Renshaw, a senior technical advisor of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance, describes malaria and NTDs as pathfinders for sustainable pandemic preparedness and response and the long-term strengthening of health systems.
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Speed read Researchers estimated the likelihood of 38 African countries reaching 2030 HIV/AIDS targets The chances of reaching HIV testing or condom use targets are less than 30 per cent As COVID-19 takes centre stage, Africa cannot afford to not fight HIV/AIDS, says an expert [NAIROBI] The likelihood of African countries reaching HIV testing and condom use targets by 2030 is only 12.1 per cent and 28.5 per cent respectively, making the need for more testing and treatment a priority, a modelling study suggests. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) launched ambitious targets in 2014 to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 by achieving 95 per cent diagnosis and 95 per cent of people with HIV taking medications against the disease. Stuart Gilmour, St. Luke’s International University In 2019, there were 690,000 AIDS-related deaths and 1.7 million new infections, with young women and adolescent girls accounting for about 25 per cent of new infections in Sub-Saharan Africa despite making up about ten per cent of the population, according to UNAIDS.