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.