THE Zambian government will need at least $534m over the next three years for its HIV/Aids intervention programme, President Frederick Chiluba said this week. Spearheading the plea for donor funds, Chiluba said Zambia was in a “desperate situation”, adding that the amount of money appeared colossal, but it reflected the complexity and magnitude of the problem. Zambia, one of the African countries hardest hit by the epidemic, is faced with a critical development and security problem due to the magnitude of the Aids crisis.