Health Policy Watch news story
The African Union (AU) held a special health summit on 21-22 July, primarily aimed at mobilising high-level political support for more domestic health spending – particularly on HIV, TB and maternal health.
The summit coincided with the release of two new studies reporting on the huge disruptions to HIV and TB treatment throughout the world following the Trump administration’s changes to the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
Leaders who addressed the AU summit urged African states to implement the Abuja Declaration decision, adopted 25 years ago, to allocate at least 15% of national budgets to health.
Deliberations focused on HIV, TB, malaria, maternal and newborn health, viral hepatitis, neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), and non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
The summit also discussed how to advance the AU Roadmap to 2030 and Beyond, which envisions ending HIV as a public health threat and sets out how to control TB, malaria, NTDs and NCDs.
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Source : Health Policy Watch
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