"3 by 5" Country Success Stories

She came as a patient and later became a treatment counsellor, helping many others with their drug regimens and social issues. Credit: IRIN

MOZAMBIQUE

First steps towards an ambitious goal

  • Slowly recovering from civil war, Mozambique shows that progress can be achieved under extremely difficult circumstances.

  • There is strong political commitment - the national HIV/AIDS plan calls for scaling up ART to 132 000 people by the end of 2008. Overall number of people needing ART is 200 000.

  • The country has a plan to train 2 000 intermediate health care professionals and a new drug management and logistics system is being developed.

  • The amount of people receiving ART has more than doubled in just six months from 2 800 (June 2004) to – 6 300 (November 2004).

  • More than 20 sites offer ART in the public sector through collaboration between the government and NGOs such as the Community of Sant’Egidio, MSF and the Health Alliance International.

  • In mid-2004, the World Bank announced the Treatment Acceleration Project - a US$ 60 million International Development Association grant to support increase of access to HIV treatment in three African countries including Mozambique.

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    1 December 2010 09:33 CET