Gov’t urged to step up on HIV funding

The Global Fund, provider of the lion’s share of money for Cambodia’s $12 million-a-year HIV treatment and prevention program, has told the government it expects it to begin footing more of the bill itself, a push that is prompting worries among local health-care providers. ...

However, the director of the government’s National Centre for HIV, Ly Peng Sun, said it was unlikely the government would be in a position to take on a significant share of the financial burden. ...

Jamie Elliott
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