Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

Target 7

Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS 18

• Indicator 18: HIV prevalence among young people aged 15/24
• Indicator 19: Condom use rate of the contraceptive prevalence rate
• Indicator 20: Ratio of school attendance of orphans to school attendance of non-orphans aged 10-14 years

Target 8

Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

• Indicator 21: Prevalence and death rates associated with malaria
• Indicator 22: Proportion of population in malaria-risk areas using effective malaria prevention and treatment measures
• Indicator 23: Prevalence and death rates associated with tuberculosis
• Indicator 24: Proportion of tuberculosis cases detected and cured under DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Short-course)

Context

• Every day, 8000 people die of AIDS-related conditions or some 3 million deaths per year. Only 400 000 of the five to six million people in the advanced stage of the disease had access to the anti-retroviral therapy in developing countries at the end of 2003.
• There are 8.8 million new cases of tuberculosis (TB) a year. There are 5500 deaths a day, or million deaths worldwide each year from TB. Some 80% of this morbidity and mortality from TB falls on 22 high-burden countries.
• There are almost 300 million cases of acute cases of malaria each year. More than a million cases of malaria are fatal each year. Some 90% of the burden falls on tropical Africa, where malaria is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in children under five years of age.

Measuring progress
:: United Nations Statistics Division

WHO’s work

AIDS/HIV Globally, about 8000 people die of AIDS-related conditions daily, notwithstanding the ability of antiretroviral therapy to delay disease progression and improve quality of life significantly. Full text Malaria Malaria causes annually about 300 million cases of acute illness, of which more than a million are fatal. Full text Tuberculosis The tuberculosis epidemic continues to be a major public health problem globally, with currently 8.8 million new cases a year and about two million deaths worldwide. Full text

Other diseases: neglected diseases Other major diseases, often called “Neglected Diseases”, affect at least one billion people, cause immense suffering and often lifelong disabilities, but rarely kill. Full text The HTM cluster HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria are global pandemics that are debilitating developing countries and compounding the effects of poverty and social inequities. More than six million people die annually of these diseases. Full text

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