Global Fund 的夥伴工作已挽救 3,800 萬人的性命,但 COVID-19 可能抵銷現有進度

日內瓦2020年9月28日 /美通社/ -- Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria 的新報告呼籲採取緊急投資行動,以保護過去幾十年來對抗愛滋病、肺結核和瘧疾的努力,以免被 COVID-19 大流行的連鎖反應所摧毀。

Aminat Laketu with her 6-week-old baby at Ita-Elewa Primary Health Center in Ikorodu, Nigeria, where she has benefited from services to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child. Photographer: Andrew Esiebo
Aminat Laketu with her 6-week-old baby at Ita-Elewa Primary Health Center in Ikorodu, Nigeria, where she has benefited from services to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child. Photographer: Andrew Esiebo


Aminat Laketu with her 6-week-old baby at Ita-Elewa Primary Health Center in Ikorodu, Nigeria, where she has benefited from services to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child. Photographer: Andrew Esiebo

Kamate Muhindo is head nurse at the Majengo Marie Health Center in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is passionate about saving lives in his community, even if his salary is not enough to feed his six children. “The biggest problem is that many patients are not able to pay for treatment or consultation,” he says. He also says that COVID-19 has made the situation worse, “We hope that with partners and advocates we will have the necessary equipment to protect ourselves during our work because at the moment there is not enough for everyone.” Photographer: Karin Schermbrucker


Kamate Muhindo is head nurse at the Majengo Marie Health Center in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is passionate about saving lives in his community, even if his salary is not enough to feed his six children. “The biggest problem is that many patients are not able to pay for treatment or consultation,” he says. He also says that COVID-19 has made the situation worse, “We hope that with partners and advocates we will have the necessary equipment to protect ourselves during our work because at the moment there is not enough for everyone.” Photographer: Karin Schermbrucker

Nombasa Krune-Dumile is a front-line health care worker in Cape Town, South Africa, where she has dedicated her life to supporting tuberculosis patients through treatment. Nombasa has fought and survived three of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, HIV, TB and COVID-19. Now she has made it her life’s mission to help others in South Africa to also overcome. Photographer: Pamela Tulizo


Nombasa Krune-Dumile is a front-line health care worker in Cape Town, South Africa, where she has dedicated her life to supporting tuberculosis patients through treatment. Nombasa has fought and survived three of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, HIV, TB and COVID-19. Now she has made it her life’s mission to help others in South Africa to also overcome. Photographer: Pamela Tulizo

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根據今天發佈的報告,自 2002 年以來,Global Fund 夥伴已成功挽救 3,800 萬人的性命,其中單在 2019 年一年就拯救了 600 萬人。與去年相比,這數字表示挽救的生命數量上升 20%,而這麼顯著的進步全賴提供服務的效率提高、透過救命藥物成功查找和治療更多病人、節省醫護產品成本,以及改善 Global Fund 各個夥伴的協作。整體而言,自 Global Fund 投資的國家達到疫情高峰以來,每年由愛滋病、肺結核和瘧疾造成的死亡人數已減少接近 50%。

但是,《2020 年成果報告》顯示,由 COVID-19 所帶來連鎖反應,我們大部分進展現在可能會被抵銷。該報告警告,在未來 12 個月期間,愛滋病毒、肺結核和瘧疾造成的死亡和感染有機會激增。

Global Fund 執行董事 Peter Sands 說:「今年的成果報告顯示,在社區堅定承諾的領導下,全球團結一致攜手合作便可擊退疾病。我們至今已取得超卓進展,但我們所有人努力所得的成就現正受到 COVID-19 的威脅。我們絕不能讓這種情況發生, 必須團結一致努力抵抗。」

Global Fund 投資的國家/地區在 2019 年取得的主要成果如下:

  • 2,010 萬人已經接受抗愛滋病毒的抗逆轉錄病毒療法;

  • 718,000 名愛滋病毒測試陽性的母親已接受藥物治療維持生命,並防止將愛滋病毒傳給嬰兒;

  • 570 萬人已接受肺結核測試和治療;

  • 1.6 億個蚊帳已配發,旨在於未來三年內保護近 3.2 億人免感染瘧疾。

《2020 年成果報告》取得的成就是包括 Global Fund 夥伴在內眾多參與者努力達到的成果,包括實施國政府、多邊機構、雙邊合作夥伴、民間社會團體、受疾病影響的人和私營界別。

Global Fund 在 2019 年間在多個範疇都取得長足進展。儘管與男性同齡人士相比,女性受愛滋病毒感染的比例不高,但自 2010 年以來,在非洲撒哈拉以南獲 Global Fund 投資的 13 個優先國家中,少女和年輕婦女感染率已下降了 51%。Global Fund 亦購買了 370 萬套自行測試套裝,而取得各類測試方法對於終結愛滋病毒作為公共衛生威脅是一個重要基礎。

由 Global Fund 所提出的策略措舉,Stop TB Partnership 與世界衛生組織關注 13 個最受肺結核影響的國家,而該項目成功加快尋找「不明」肺結核患者的進展,這些人未被診斷、未治療和未報告,可能因而死亡或繼續在沒有治療下傳播疾病給他人。在上述 13 個重點國家中,肺結核報告和肺結核發病率之間的差距已從 2014 年的 49% 下降到 2018 年的 33%。

為保護人們免受瘧疾侵害,Global Fund 與不同合作夥伴合作,將經殺蟲劑處理蚊帳的成本降至少於 2 美元,並將抗瘧疾治療的成本降至 2019 年的 0.58 美元,當中節省下的資金用於購買額外 1,400 萬美元的蚊帳,並為超過 2,400 萬人治療瘧疾。

不過,這些效益現在受到 COVID-19 的威脅。該報告亦顯示,部分地區的愛滋病毒測試數量下降了 50%,新的肺結核病例報篩下降了多達 75%,而這可能導致新的感染增加,因為人們不知道自己的病狀並繼續將疾病傳播給他人。很多國家被迫推遲蚊帳分發活動,使易患瘧疾的人(其中多數是兒童)無法受到保護。

Global Fund 已迅速作出反應,以支持各國回應這些挑戰。自 2020 年 3 月以來,Global Fund 已批准向 103 個國家和 11 個多國計劃撥款共約 7 億美元,透過增加對一線衛生工作者進行測試、追踪和保護,以抵抗 COVID-19;調整現有的愛滋病毒、肺結核和瘧疾計劃,以保護進展;同時加強衛生系統以防崩潰,並準備就緒在 COVID-19 治療和疫苗可以提供時順利推出。

Sands 說:「這是一個轉折點。我們可能會放棄在愛滋病毒、肺結核和瘧疾方面所取得的成就,並讓我們在實現可持續發展目標的進展急劇扭轉。相反,我們可以迅速和大規模採取行動,確保投資的資源遠遠超出承諾,應對 COVID-19 的直接影響並減輕對愛滋病、肺結核和瘧疾的連鎖影響。」

Global Fund 是一項旨在加速消除愛滋病、肺結核和瘧疾等流行病的夥伴關係。作為一個國際組織,Global Fund 每年動員和投資超過 40 億美元,用於支持 100 多個國家/地區的本地專家所開展的計劃。我們與政府、民間社會組織、技術機構、私營界別和受疾病影響的人建立夥伴關係,不斷挑戰障礙並擁抱創新想法。

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