Burundi: HIV/AIDS programmes dealt a severe blow
Burundi's AIDS program has been dealt a severe blow after its request for funding from the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria was rejected.
Health officials warned that nearly 6,000 people will be short of life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in 2008. An estimated 10,000 people were accessing ARVs in December 2007, out of an estimated 50,000 who need the drugs.
Figures from National Council for HIV/AIDS Control (CNLS) indicated that about 14,000 people would have received treatment in 2008, had Burundi's application been successful.
