ARASA Calls for Universal Access to Treatment

AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA), an alliance of NGOs engaged in work on HIV and human rights in the Southern African Development Community region, says that the world is less than halfway to achieving universal access to treatment.

ARASA advocacy coordinator, Paula Akugizibwe, points out that about four million HIV patients are getting AIDS drugs worldwide, but 10 million are not getting treatment.

Akugizibwe says that activists are worried that donors are shifting resources away from HIV/AIDS, adding that the issue is not on the agenda for the next G-8 meeting in May, with the United States saying it will cut support to the Global Fund by 50m this year.

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