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The SDC and the Fight against HIV/AIDS
The SDC is an active participant in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
It conducts and supports a large number of information and prevention programmes targeted at putting a halt to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Putting a stop to HIV/AIDS remains one of the priorities among the SDC’s activities.
- SDC HIV and AIDS Community of Practice
Download (PDF, 782 KB) : [en] - aidsfocus.ch
Download (PDF, 150 KB) : [en] - Mainstreaming: A Response to HIV and AIDS in Humanitarian Assistance
Download (PDF, 148 KB) : [en] - The Media in Education Trust Africa
Download (PDF, 135 KB) : [en] - Parliamentarians for Global Action
Download (PDF, 126 KB) : [en] - The Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative
Download (PDF, 324 KB) : [en] - SDC Support for SolidarMed's Antiretroviral Treatment Project (Smart)
Download (PDF, 165 KB) : [en] - Technical Assistance for the World Food Programme's HIV and AIDS Response
Download (PDF, 308 KB) : [en]
Swiss Malaria Group
The Swiss Tropical Institute, SDC, the Novartis foundation, Novartis, Mepha, Syngenta, the Swiss Red Cross, Medicines for Malaria Venture, Roll Back Malaria and Solidarmed are
joining forces to intensify the fight against the disease.
- Une alliance helvétique pour que le paludisme cesse de tuer
Download (PDF, 1825 KB) : [de] [fr] - Malaria Factsheet
Download (PDF, 305 KB) : [de] [fr] - World Malaria Day 2009
Download (PDF, 1735 KB) : [de] [fr] - Gemeinsame Erklärung der Swiss Malaria Group
Download (PDF, 2732 KB) : [de] - Malaria Control: SDC's current and future engagement
Download (PDF, 73 KB) : [en]
Kampf gegen die Malaria
 DEZA-Partnerinstitut in Tansania ausgezeichnet Für seinen Beitrag zur Malaria-Bekämpfung ist das Ifakara-Gesundheitsinstitut in Tansania mit dem Prinz von Asturien Preis ausgezeichnet worden. Die DEZA hat das Institut seit 1997 mit insgesamt vier Millionen Schweizer Franken unterstützt. |
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Infectious diseases that are highly prevalent in developing countries are often perceived as "diseases of poverty". In combating them, SDC stresses not only prevention but also the entire health care continuum ranging from prevention to therapy. It also supports monitoring of the major communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and epidemics in connection with humanitarian crises and emergencies. |
Key facts
| • | In sub-Saharan Africa, 400 million people suffer from malaria at any one time. | |
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Together, malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS kill six million people a year. | |
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By 2010, AIDS will have orphaned 20 million children, 18 million of them in sub-Saharan Africa. | |
Switzerland's research into and implementation of pioneering ideas on controlling diseases, such as malaria and certain other neglected diseases, have long been internationally recognized.
Tuberculosis and malaria alone kill 3.5 million people a year. The economic cost of these two diseases combined with that of the 2.1 million deaths caused by HIV/AIDS every year is exorbitant.
| The SDC focus: Individuals and peoples at the centre of its activities The SDC operates at all health-system levels in combating malaria and tuberculosis. Realizing that the current battle against the HIV/AIDS pandemic necessitates a multi-sectoral, global approach, the SDC has made it a strategic development theme in its policy on AIDS (mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in international cooperation). All SDC sectors (bilateral and multilateral cooperation, humanitarian aid) are involved in this work. The Agency has also introduced a process that enables development players to influence the causes and effects of this disease in an efficient, sustainable way through their daily activities and in the workplace. In the countries worst affected by HIV/AIDS, the SDC backs specific projects and targeted measures for reducing the transmission risk and the vulnerability of sufferers but also for containing the disease's harmful effects on the health as well as on the mental, social and economic situation of the individual. A "gender approach" is built into these measures which are tailored to the local context in partner countries and aimed at the most disadvantaged population groups. Success depends on coordinating the actions of all players and harmonizing them with national programmes to combat AIDS. Involving the general public and AIDS sufferers is another "must". The SDC also supports certain activities by Swiss players (non-governmental organizations) that play an international role in combating HIV/AIDS, as well as their networking and coordination work in Switzerland. |
Theme contact:
Nathalie Vesco
Additional Information and Documents
Documents- SDC Health Policy 2003-2010
Download (PDF, 501 KB) : [de] [en] [ru] - Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in practice
A toolkit with a collection of resources, checklists and examples on CD Rom for SDC and its partners
Download (PDF, 2460 KB) : [en] [fr]
Internal Links
External Links
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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
Fighting three of the world’s most devastating diseases, and directing the resources to areas of greatest needhttp://www.theglobalfund.org/ -
SDC Health HIV/Aids
http://www.sdc-health.ch/priorities_in_health/communicable_diseases/hiv_aids -
Millennium Development Goal: Combat HIV / Aids Malaria & other diseases
The World Bank Grouphttp://ddp-ext.worldbank.org/ext/GMIS/gdmis.do?siteId=2&goalId=10&menuId=LNAV01GOAL6
Articles and Press releases
- 25 April 2009: World Malaria Day: Pooling efforts and resources to wipe out malaria
- HIV/AIDS remains a priority for the SDC
- The fight against malaria: Accolade for SDC partner institute in Tanzania
- Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria