Tackling HIV/Aids funding in a global economic downturn
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
The global economic crisis has had a significant negative impact on all areas of life, including labour and property markets, national banking systems and the prices of consumer goods. However, there is a danger that, with so many other aspects of human life under pressure from financial challenges, highly-developed nations may have forgotten or neglected their moral duty towards the world’s poorer countries, particularly those heavily afflicted with HIV/Aids.