Africa: Nearly $6B Needed To Reach WHO Goal of Treating Three Million People by 2005, WHO Official Says

Nearly $6 billion is needed to reach the World Health Organization's goal of providing three million people with antiretroviral drugs by 2005, according to estimates published in a special July 3 edition of the Lancet devoted to HIV/AIDS, Reuters reports. The 3 by 5 Initiative also calls for training 100,000 health care workers, refocusing 10,000 clinics in developing countries to treat HIV/AIDS and using common antiretroviral drug combinations to treat HIV-positive people.