A demonstration in support of better and more treatment for those living with HIV/Aids. Picture: Anthony Kamau
The lives of millions of Africans living with HIV/Aids are at risk following President Barack Obama’s underfunding of bilateral HIV/Aids programmes — among them the crucial President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar) and the Global Fund to Fight HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The Obama administration’s $3.6 trillion budget, released on May 7, created a $3.3 billion hole in US bilateral support for global HIV/Aids funding, and global health activists are now pushing for a Pan African response to fix the funding gap in the US’s fiscal year 2010 budget, already submitted to Congress.
