Poorly performing relief programmes prompt move to reduce assistance as more people stop treatment than had started
Poorly performing treatment programmes prompt move to reduce assistance as more people stop treatment than have startedTop health department officials are set to travel to Washington later in April to try persuading the US not to slash its support for SA’s HIV/AIDS programmes.
In a strongly worded letter sent to the US chief of mission to SA, Jessye Lapenn , on January 16, she described progress in Pepfar’s core treatment programme in SA as “grossly sub-optimal and insufficient to reach epidemic control”. More people stopped treatment than had started in 2018, Birx said. Pillay conceded there are problems with SA’s capacity to retain patients who started treatment that were exacerbated as the programme expanded.
US health attaché to SA, Steve Smith, said SA is one of seven countries that received letters from Birx raising concerns about their Pepfar-supported programmes.
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