HIV/AIDS: Drop in global spending concerns activists, UNAIDS

18 Aug 2011

According to a report in Plus News, international funding for HIV fell by 10% in 2010 from the previous year, the Kaiser Family Foundation and UNAIDS reports. this has led to concerns on the part of activists who fear that a continued reduction will undermine progress in global HIV prevention and treatment efforts.

HIV/AIDS: Drop in global spending concerns activists, UNAIDS

In their annual report on international assistance for HIV/AIDS in low- and middle- income countries, as reported by Plus News, the Kaiser Family Foundation and UNAIDS report that funding fell from US$7.6 billion in 2009 to US$6.9 million in 2010.

This is apparently the first time funding has dropped in more than a decade of tracking HIV/AIDS spending; between 2002 and 2008, spending rose more than six-fold before levelling off in 2009. Read more.