Aids : the reduction of the budgets of the Member-States will result in thousands of deaths

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Published the 29.08.2017 at 07h57

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Scheduled for 2030, the end of the HIV epidemic is at hand. Ever the experts were not so enthusiastic. But they are also very concerned about. Because the decline of the financing already committed for several years – they are at the lowest level since 2010 – leaves fear in the back.

Then, when the president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced to the world that it is désengagerait 2018 of several international funds, the fear was redoubled.
A fear justified, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine which reveals the devastating effects of this political decision in South Africa and Côte d’ivoire.

Almost 5 billion investment

Historically, the United States is the largest contributor to the fight against aids. Alone, they represent more than two-thirds of the government funding international. In 2016, they spent $ 4.9 billion (€4.2 billion) compared to 242 million for France.

But the new president considers that other donors must now take up the slack. It was proposed, in particular reduce of $ 300 million participation in the PEPFAR program that allows more than 11 million people, including one million children, benefit from treatment.
In total, the budget cuts proposed by u.s. president could total more than a billion dollars, according to the NGO Health GAP.