Funding for HIV/AIDS needs to double to ensure universal access to drugs

摘要: A global investment of $25bn (£17bn; €19bn) will be needed in 2010—nearly double the $13.7bn provided 2008—to meet targets for universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care, and support, according joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS). Michel Sidibe, new executive director UNAIDS, acknowledged that it would not easy close funding gap but insisted was “achievable absolutely necessary if we are accelerate pace response epidemic.” Speaking from township Khayelitsha outskirts Cape …