Anamaria Bejar
The last few weeks have been a roller coaster of excitement and concern about the future of HIV and AIDS. On one hand, we have heard world leaders declaring the ‘End of AIDS’ and science has told us that this is possible. We are seeing a decrease in the number of new HIV infections in some parts for the world and effective treatment for those who can access it, preventing more AIDS related deaths than ever. On the other hand, the view regarding funding doesn’t look positive and it has become even worse in the last few days.
Just one week ago I would have mentioned the results of a Kaiser Foundation study which shows that aid for AIDS at the Global level has declined by 10% in the last year, and that funding mechanisms like the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria still provide much of the resource needed to sustain this. However, things changed dramatically last week.
