Healthcare leaders at UNAids, say the world’s response to HIV/Aids is in danger and immediate pressure must be put on African governments, including South Africa, to ensure initiative to end HIV/Aids as a public health crisis by 2030, is fully funded.
A student displays his hands painted with messages as he poses during an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign to mark the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, in Chandigarh, India, on May 20, 2018.A student displays his hands painted with messages as he poses during an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign to mark the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, in Chandigarh, India, on May 20, 2018.
CEO of the South African National Aids Council, Doctor Thembisile Xulu, says the country has its own national strategic plan to meet the 2030 goals for HIV/Aids. Professor Gesine Meyer-Rath from the University of Witwatersrand says one way to solve the funding problem is to make the money work harder. She says pre-exposure prophylaxis will play an important role.
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