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HIV/AIDS: “Unprecedented progress”, despite poor funding

Photo: ttfnrob/Flickr. About 2.5 million deaths are estimated to have been averted in low- and middle-income countries due to increased access to HIV treatment since 1995

New HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths have continued to fall, and the number of people on treatment has risen to nearly 50 percent of those eligible, despite an overall fall in global funding, states a UNAIDS report.

HIV/AIDS: “Worrying” drop in global spending

Photo: Nic McPhee/Flickr. Funding for global HIV programmes has dropped significantly for the first time in more than a decade

International funding for HIV fell by 10 percent in 2010 from the previous year, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation and UNAIDS; activists worry that a continued reduction will undermine progress in global HIV prevention and treatment efforts.

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