Africa: Straight Talk With Gottfried Hirnschall, WHO's Director of HIV

interview

Nairobi — The UN World Health Organization (WHO) recently appointed Gottfried Hirnschall the new director of its HIV department. IRIN/PlusNews talked to him about the state of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care, and how countries need to respond to waning donor funding for HIV programmes.

WHO has released new ART [antiretroviral treatment] guidelines that recommend putting both adults and children on treatment at a higher CD4 count. How realistic are these guidelines in the current economic climate?

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