HIV/AIDS funding cutbacks could shatter lives

Posted: November 6th, 2009 | By Claire Keeton | Posted in ARVs,funding,MSF | Tagged as , , ,
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Medecins Sans Frontieres warned this week, again, that declining international donor funds could reverse the dramatic gains made in AIDS treatment, particularly across Africa.

Launching the report ‘Punishing success? Early signs of a retreat from commitment to HIV/AIDS care and treatment’, Dr Tido von Schoen-Angerer said: “We think we are at a very dangerous turning point.”

The director of MSF’s campaign to provide essential medicines, he said: “The donors are getting cold feet about commitment to longterm, chronic disease.”

If the funding of antiretroviral treatment is reversed, lives will be lost.

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    Claire Keeton is the senior HIV reporter at the Sunday Times newspaper. She wants to help stop the virus and spread the news by looking at campaigns and conferences, culture and controversy as well as the latest medical findings.