Financial Crisis a Blow to ARV Rollout

A new United Nations study has found that the global financial crisis is impacting the ability of people with HIV and AIDS to obtain life-saving drugs.

A survey conducted last month by the World Bank, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) found that 8 out of 69 countries already face shortages of antiretroviral drugs or other disruptions to AIDS treatment.

The study also showed that respondents in 22 countries in Africa, the Caribbean, Europe and Central Asia, and Asia and Pacific expect the crisis to impact treatment programmes over the coming year.

To read the article titled, “Africa: AIDS funding suffers due to global economic crisis – UN,” click here.