After 30 years, new sources needed for AIDS campaign

As the war on AIDS heads into its fourth decade, the need for funds is spiralling relentlessly higher, prompting a quest for new resources from consumer levies to contributions from developing giants.

31 May 2011

After 30 years, new sources needed for AIDS campaign

"We currently have around 16 billion dollars available for the global fight against AIDS," said Bernhard Schwartlander, who heads the strategy and results department at the UN agency UNAIDS. Read on.

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