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November 06, 2009

Global Health Group Raises Alarm on AIDS

Leaders of the global health-care charity Doctors Without Borders issued a warning Thursday that the battle against AIDS in Africa is being undercut by the recession and pressure in the aid community to divert resources to other health crises, the Associated Press reports.

Officials of the organization said at a Johannesburg news conference that donors are increasingly devoting their attention to diseases that are easier and less expensive to treat.

“The donors are getting cold feet about commitment to long-term, chronic disease,” said Tido von Schoen-Angerer, who heads the organization’s campaign to provide essential medicines. He called the current situation “a very dangerous turning point” for AIDS treatment.

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1. I hate to sound cold hearted, as I admire the organization, Doctors without Boarders…but I was the exec. director of a cancer organization when aids took money away from cancer organizations. What’s the next big disease on the horizon to capture everyone’s dollars?

   — Robin Kaercher    Nov 10, 03:30 PM    #

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