Punishing success? Early signs of a retreat from committment to HIV/AIDS care and treatment
Funding for HIV/AIDS treatment is not keeping up with need, and appears to be shrinking. The report by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) states that funding shortfalls punish the early success of the last decade of ART scale-up, and threaten to have a devastating impact on people living with HIV/AIDS as well as efforts to prevent new infections. As global health actors retreat from providing direct support for AIDS treatment, more demand is placed on the Global Fund, which is itself critically underfunded.
In order to expand and sustain HIV/AIDS care and treatment worldwide MSF recommends:
- Sustained and increased funding for HIV/AIDS from the international donor community and national governments – and a continued commitment to universal access to AIDS care and treatment
- Improved treatment in line with scientific evidence and recognised international standards of care
- Measures to ensure that prices of drugs and diagnostics remain within reach of poor countries (2009)
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