Why are AIDS funding limited goes to low impact programs?
The limited funding for HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific has been unfortunately coupled with ineffective uses of the funds, an expert has warned. Swarup Sarkar, Asia unit director of the Global Fund, an international donor organization for AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, said Wednesday while the available financial resources for HIV/AIDS fell short of the actual need, more money had been instead going toactivities having low impacts on curbing the spread of the disease. He said the available funds to tackle with HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific only amounted to a total of US$0.8 billion (Rp 8 trillion) estimated, compared to the actual need of some $3.1 billion.
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