A senior official in Papua New Guinea’s health ministry is warning the government and international donors not to divert money from HIV/AIDS programmes into other areas.
Dr Nick Dala is the manager of the national STI HIV/AIDS programme and says the government has been fully funding all HIV/AIDS commodities, including anti-retroviral therapy or ’ART’. He says annual government funding is almost US$6.5 million and Australia through its aid programme contributes about $94 million. Dr Dala says 12,000 of the 16,000 infected people who need ART are getting it and by changing the parameters for eligibility his team are hoping be able to close that gap very soon RNZI Comments are closed.
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