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Africa: UK HIV Funding Tap Closes - Big and 'Shameful' Blow to Africa
Daily Maverick, 6 May 2021
The UK's major funding cuts to UNAids will hit home hard in Africa and South Africa where the fight to beat HIV/Aids is far from over. Read more »
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GFO, 4 May 2021
People living with HIV in Kenya are worried about the dwindling supplies of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) in the country. This has been brought about by a shortage in the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria and Global Fund Launch New Grants to Fight HIV, TB and Malaria
Global Fund, 18 March 2021
Nigeria and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria have launched three new grants to strengthen the fight against HIV, TB and malaria and build resilient and… Read more »
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Namibia: New Study Shows Decline in Funding for HIV-Related Human Rights Work
New Era, 14 December 2020
As the world marked International Human Rights Day on 10 December under the Covid-19 related theme "Recover Better - Stand Up for Human Rights", a study by the AIDS and Rights… Read more »
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Nigeria: HIV Funding Gap May Widen Due to Covid-19 Pandemic - Group
Premium Times, 1 December 2020
AHF says global AIDS response has consistently fallen short each year by up to $6 billion of needed fund and this may be worsen due to Covid-19. Read more »
UK Cuts Critical HIV Funding in 'Shameful' Blow to Africa
The United Kingdom's major funding cuts to UNAids will hit home hard in Africa and South Africa where the fight to beat HIV/Aids is far from over, writes Ufrieda Ho for Daily Maverick. The trickle-down impact of the UK's announcement in April to slash funding to UNAids by 83% is expected to hit hard in South Africa where the HIV burden remains high and NGOs are already on the ropes.
The UK contribution to the agency drops to £2.5-million in 2021 from £15-million in 2020. UNAids called the cuts "deep and significant", but UK charities and NGOs, including Frontline Aids, which has offices in South Africa, have slammed the decision by Boris Johnson's government as "shameful" and "maddeningly short-sighted". The move is in line with information from Avert, an international HIV and AIDS charity, whiich claims that high-income countries have reduced funding for the HIV response in low- and middle-income countries in recent years, with a 7% decrease reported between 2015 and 2016.
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UNAIDS has called for greater urgency as its 2019 AIDS report shows that the pace of progress in reducing new HIV infections, increasing access to treatment and ending AIDS-related deaths is slowing down (file photo).
