Publication

Speech to the 26th Meeting of the Programme Coordinating Board. Conditions are in flux around the world and the context of AIDS is changing. The global economic crisis has not abated. Countries in the North and the South that were once financially secure have moved from relative abundance to forced austerity, dealing a direct blow to AIDS funding. Struggling economies are starkly exposed to the risk of ARV stockouts and the spectre of turning new patients away.