South Africa: HIV/Aids, TB and Malaria Activists Hold Emergency Meeting Ahead of World TB Day As Global Leaders Bail Out Banks but Block Progress in Combating Life-Threatening Diseases By Not Paying What They Have Promised

20 March 2012
World Aids Campaign
press release

Cape town — For decades Africa has been ravaged by its three most life-threatening diseases: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria.

The "deadly trio" takes the lives of millions of Africans every year, but instead of focusing on these ruthless diseases, many African governments are spending their budgets on guns or exorbitant political salaries, while failing to fulfill their promises to protect their citizens by investing in health and in providing medical prevention and treatment - the weapons that are needed the most.

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