Fight against AIDS, which has made major progress in recent years, suffering from a lack of funding that would prevent states of the world to achieve the objective of universal access to means of prevention and treatment by the end of 2010, according to a report published recently UN.
Universal Access, which consists of a cover of at least 80 percent of the population that needs treatment or service, will definitely be available in a number of countries by the end, "the joint report World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund / UNICEF / AIDS and the UN.
However, it is "unlikely" that the goal "to be achieved in 2010 worldwide, especially in low and middle income countries, especially due to lack of funding and crisis. Only eight of these countries have reached by the end of 2009.
After "several years of strong growth" of aid funding have "remained virtually unchanged," the report says that 'the economic crisis of 2008-2009 the questionable sustainability of many programs to fight HIV. " "We are missing 10 billion dollars," said Paul De Lay, Deputy Director of UN AIDS, quoted in a statement.