The Step by Step Solution

The fight against HIV AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Cameroon is done from various angles. All these are built in one package that can simply be described as the country's combined national strategy. This, in effect, takes the form of programmes and projects to say the least. These initiatives are said to have registered comparative progress for all three killer diseases. Since 2010, according to UNAIDS report, AIDS-related deaths have dropped by 19 per cent from 22,000 deaths to 18,000. In the same vein, the number of new HIV infections has equally decreased, from 36,000 to 23,000 during the same period. In 2018, it was established that 540,000 people were living with HIV and the number of new HIV infections among a susceptible population during a certain time—among all people of all ages  stood at  1.02 per cent. The percentage of people living with HIV—among adults (15–49 years) was 3.6 while 23,000 people were newly infected with HIV and 18,000 died of AIDS-related diseases.
The government and its partners have not been at ease with the situation; and so, have been constantly building up strategies that can scale down figures. The  90–90–90 targets , a whole gamut of visions states inter alia that, by 2020, 90 per cent of people living with HIV will know their HIV status, 90 per cent of those who know their HIV-positive status will be accessing treatment and 90 per cent of people on treatment will have suppressed viral loads. In spite of all that is being done, it should not be forgotten that Cameroon still has one of the highest HIV prevalence in West and Central Africa, with very significant peaks in at-risk populations (26 per cent among sex workers, 20 per cent among homosexuals, girls and other adults).  Among the private initiatives in eradicating the disease, is that of the First Lady, Chantal Biya who plays an absolutely exceptional role in the fight against HIV, not only in Cameroon but also in Africa. This effort was recognised by Professor Peter Piot, then Executive Director of UNAIDS, after an
audience with the First Lady in June 2003 in the fllowing words; ” I was able to see for myself the actions of the Chantal Biya Foundation , especially the prevention of HIV-AIDS transmission from  mother to child, the mobilisation of young people, the work of