Estimated worldwide HIV infections: 60 895 616 at noon on Wednesday, January 19
Quick fix: Wealthy nations must ‘fulfil their pledges” to increase aid to developing countries to meet the United Nations millennium development goals — including curbing the spread of HIV — within the next decade, according to a report Investing in Development. The report will be presented to the Group of Eight industrialised nations at its meeting in July and to the UN General Assembly in September.
The report details 18 ‘quick fix” initiatives that could ‘save millions of lives,” including eliminating school fees and providing health clinics and anti-retroviral drugs for people living with HIV/Aids. — Kaiser Network