African Region
The implementation of the Global Plan in Africa requires US$19.4 billion over ten years. This includes the estimated total cost of DOTS Expansion, DOTS-Plus, TB/HIV control and Advocacy, Communications and Social Mobilization activities. Similar to other regions, DOTS Expansion accounts for the largest share of costs. However, TB/HIV activities are critically important in Africa.
Africa is the region with the largest funding gap (US$10.7 billion).
It is estimated that about 16.9 million people will be treated in DOTS programmes and 29 000 in DOTS-Plus programmes. In addition, 2.7 million TB patients will be enrolled on antiretroviral therapy (ART).
The full implementation of the Global Plan will prevent about 4.4 millions deaths, in comparison with a situation in which no DOTS programmes are implemented.
The Global Plan in Africa
Total cost: US $19.4 billion
Country activities:
- DOTS Expansion
- DOTS-Plus
- TB/HIV
- ACSM
Patients treated: 16.9 million
Lives saved: 4.4 million
Available funding: US$8.7 billion
Total funding gap: US$10.7 billion
On August 26, 2005, the WHO Regional Committee for Africa comprising of health ministers from 46 Member States declared tuberculosis an emergency in the African region - a response to an epidemic that has more than quadrupled the annual number of new TB cases in most African countries since 1990, killing more than half a million people every year.
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African countries with high HIV prevalence: Total cost [.pdf]
The high HIV prevalence subregion (AFR high) includes countries with an estimated adult HIV prevalence rate equal to or greater than 4%: Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Cte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Lesotho, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
African countries with low HIV prevalence: Total cost [.pdf]
The low HIV prevalence subregion (AFR low) includes Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Niger, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Togo
