New York/Geneva/Brussels — In advance of Global Fund replenishment conference, MSF releases report showing that many countries are not financially ready to cover HIV/TB response alone as global funding and political interest wanes
A decline in international funding could reverse lifesaving gains and cause an "epidemic rebound" of HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in some countries, said Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Monday in a report released ahead of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria's replenishment conference. The international medical humanitarian organization warned donors that neglecting the program now and shifting financial burden to affected countries after a decade of strong commitments to fight these diseases would hurt people all over the world.
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