€4.9bn campaign launched to fight Aids

Two UN agencies are launching a €4.9bn campaign to provide three million HIV-infected people in poor countries with the latest drugs available by the end of 2005.

The detailed plan focuses on simplifying the delivery of anti-retroviral therapy, ensuring a reliable source for the drugs, and creating a system for disseminating the latest information on HIV, the World Health Organisation and UNAIDS announced in Nairobi today, World AIDS Day.