Concerns Cambodia’s fight against HIV/AIDS undermined by funding cuts, government policy

24 July 2014
Australia Network News
Australian aid / Civil society / Development policy and administration / Government / Health care policy and administration / HIV/AIDS / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Health / Priority health concerns / Public health / Social development / United States aid
2015 Millennium Development Goal / Australian aid / Global Fund / HACC / HIV/AIDS Coordinating Committee / Marie-Odile Emond / Ministry of Health / National Centre for HIV/AIDS Dermatology and STDs / UNAIDS / United States aid

Experts fear Cambodia’s well-earned reputation as a leader in the fight against HIV/AIDS could be undermined by government policy targeting the country’s high-risk groups. Over the past 15 years, government action and large amounts of money from donors have seen the infection rate drop from 2 per cent in 1998 to an estimated 0.7 per cent today. The bulk of the $50 million the country spent tackling HIV in 2012 has come from donors such as the Global Fund, the United States Government and the Australian Government. … That has helped to cut the rate of HIV infection in the adult population to 0.7 per cent. …

 Robert Carmichael
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-24/cambodia-hiv-efforts-could-be-undermined-by-government-misst/5621218