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The retreat from funding the fight against AIDS: Part 3 - Sending a message

September 28, 2010

Uganda 2009 © Brendan Bannon

Part Three of a three-part series on the consequences of international donors' retreat from funding HIV/AIDS treatment in developing countries.

Sending a message: Patients who have built up resistance to their first treatment regimen urgently need second- or third-line treatment. In many developing countries these drugs are already priced out of reach; funding cuts will only make them less accessible. What message is the international community sending to those who were promised life-long treatment?

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