Global Fund releases end-2104 numbers

The number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy through programmes supported by the Global Fund reached an estimated 7.3 million by the end of 2014, a 20% increase over a year earlier.

A total 450 million insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria were distributed, up 25% over 2013’s total of 360 million.

The number of TB cases detected and treated rose from 11.2 million a year ago to 12.3 million at the end of 2014, a 9% increase.

Other key results numbers announced by the Fund on World AIDS Day, 1 December, show year-on-year increases ranging from 4% to 38% (See Table1). [1]

Table 1: Cumulative results from programmes to which the Global Fund contributed
	Results to December 2014	Results to December 2013	Year-to-year change
No. of people receiving ART	7.3 million	6.1 million	+ 20%
TB smear-positive cases detected and treated	12.3 million	11.2 million	+ 9%
MDR-TB cases treated	150,000	108,908	+ 38%
No. of condoms distributed	4.9 billion	4.5 billion	+ 9%
No. of HIV counseling and testing sessions conducted	390 million	306 million	+ 27%
No. of malaria ITNs distributed	450 million	360 million	+ 25%
Structures covered by IRS	55.0 million	48.3 million	+ 14%
Malaria cases treated	470 million	390 million	+ 21%
HIV behavioral change communications	450 million	412 million	+ 9%
No. of women receiving PMTCT treatment	2.7 million	2.4 million	+ 13%
Care and support services provided	27.0 million	24.6 million	+ 10%
Care and support for OVC	7.2 million	6.9 million	+ 4%
Treatment for STIs	21.0 million	19.6 million	+ 7%
People treated for TB/HIV	11.0 million	9.4 million	+ 17%
Person episodes of training for health or community workers	15.6 million	14.9 million	+ 5%

Table 1: Cumulative results from programmes to which the Global Fund contributed

Results to December 2014

Results to December 2013

Year-to-year change

No. of people receiving ART

7.3 million

6.1 million

+ 20%

TB smear-positive cases detected and treated

12.3 million

11.2 million

+ 9%

MDR-TB cases treated

150,000

108,908

+ 38%

No. of condoms distributed

4.9 billion

4.5 billion

+ 9%

No. of HIV counseling and testing sessions conducted

390 million

306 million

+ 27%

No. of malaria ITNs distributed

450 million

360 million

+ 25%

Structures covered by IRS

55.0 million

48.3 million

+ 14%

Malaria cases treated

470 million

390 million

+ 21%

HIV behavioral change communications

450 million

412 million

+ 9%

No. of women receiving PMTCT treatment

2.7 million

2.4 million

+ 13%

Care and support services provided

27.0 million

24.6 million

+ 10%

Care and support for OVC

7.2 million

6.9 million

+ 4%

Treatment for STIs

21.0 million

19.6 million

+ 7%

People treated for TB/HIV

11.0 million

9.4 million

+ 17%

Person episodes of training for health or community workers

15.6 million

14.9 million

+ 5%

In a news release accompanying the announcement of the results, the Global Fund said that the numbers “show significant movement towards common milestones in HIV response, articulated well in a study recently released by UNAIDS that calls for fast-tracking the HIV response to end the epidemic by 2030.”

The news release also noted the accelerated efforts against malaria and progress in the response to TB.