A/RES/70/266 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030 65 (b). Work towards reducing the number of new infections in children and young adolescents (under the age of 15) by 95 per cent in Asia and the Pacific to 1,900, in Eastern Europe and Central Asia to fewer than 100, in Eastern and Southern Africa to 9,400, in Latin America and the Caribbean to fewer than 500, in the Middle East and North Africa to fewer than 200, in Western and Central Africa to 6,000, and in Western and Central Europe and North America to fewer than 200 among children; 65 (c). Work towards increasing to at least 81 per cent the number of young people and adults (aged 15 and older) on treatment in 2020, in Asia and the Pacific to 4.1 million, in Eastern Europe and Central Asia to 1.4 million, in Eastern and Southern Africa to 14.1 million, in Latin America and the Caribbean to 1.6 million, in the Middle East and North Africa to 210,000, in Western and Central Africa to 4.5 million, and in Western and Central Europe and North America to 2 million, ensuring equal access to treatment for women and men; 65 (d). Work towards ensuring that at least 81 per cent of the number of children and young adolescents (under the age of 15) are on treatment in 2020, in Asia and the Pacific reaching 95,000, in Eastern and Southern Africa reaching 690,000, in the Middle East and North Africa reaching 8,000, in Western and Central Africa reaching 340,000, in Eastern Europe and Central Asia reaching 7,600, in Latin America and the Caribbean reaching 17,000, and in Western and Central Europe and North America reaching 1,300, ensuring equal access to treatment for girls and boys; 66. Encourage and support the exchange among countries and regions of information, research, evidence, best practices and experiences for implementing the measures and commitments related to the global HIV and AIDS response, in particular those contained in the present Declaration, as well as subregional, regional and interregional cooperation and coordination, and leverage the unique leadership of these political and economic institutions; 67. Continue to encourage the Economic and Social Council to request the regional commissions, within their respective mandates and resources, to support periodic, inclusive reviews of national efforts and progress made in their respective regions to combat HIV and underline in this regard the valuable model provided by the African Peer Review Mechanism of the African Union, and consider, as appropriate, regular regional peer-based reviews of AIDS responses that facilitate the engagement of health and non-health ministries and city and local leaders and ensure the meaningful participation of civil society organizations, especially of people living with HIV and women’s and youth groups, among others; 68. Taking into account the many challenges faced on the African continent, urge continued support for the processes for the establishment of the Africa n Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to support African countries in efforts to effect ively prevent, detect and respond to emergencies and build the capacity needed to protect communities across the continent; 69. Commit to strengthening regional, subregional, national and local capacity to develop, manufacture and deliver quality-assured affordable medicines, such as generics, diagnostics, reliable incidence measuring tools, biomedical prevention commodities and other commodities, including through enabling legal, policy and regulatory environments, encouraging the development of regional markets, including through enhanced North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation, and emphasizing the need to increase self-reliance of drug supplies in all regions, including through increasing the local production and manufacturing capacities of developing countries, pooled procurement, accurate forecasting and timely 24/26

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