 
Massive Effort:
This year - at the start of a new millennium - a movement is building that has the power to break the vicious cycle of poverty and disease. For the first time in history, the international community has the financial means,the medications, and the know-how to take a stand against a small number of diseases that cause tremendous suffering and economic loss. This massive effort against the diseases of poverty, which unites partners in unique ways, is moving the world from words to action - action that can facilitate sustainable development, stimulate economic growth, ensure greater global public health security and, most importantly, save human lives.
G8 (PDF 79 kb) decided on July 23, 2000 in Okinawa to follow up three main targets:
Reduce Malaria by 50% within 10 years
Reduce Tuberculosis by 50% within 10 years
Reduce new infections of HIV by 25% within 10 years.
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