Aids Funding Cut in South Africa

Author:
AlJazeera English
Publisher:
AlJazeera English
Publication Date:
22 May 2013
Tags:
HIV-Aids and STDs, South Africa

The tough economic climate is hampering the fight against the AIDS pandemic. Since its launch in 2004, a US presidential initiative has committed more than 30 billion dollars to fight the virus. Now, that funding is being slashed and the 500 million dollars earmarked for South Africa has been cut in half. Al Jazeera's Tania Page reports from Durban, South Africa.

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