Nigerian Times

16 Aug 2011 01:01 Africa/Lagos Kaiser/UNAIDS Study Finds Drop in Overall Disbursements For Aids Response in 2010, Seven Out of 15 Governments Report Reductions PR Newswire GENEVA and MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 15, 2011 GENEVA and MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Funding disbursements from donor governments for the AIDS response in low- and middle-income countries fell in 2010, dropping 10% from the previous year's level, according to an annual funding analysis conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), available at http://www.kff.org/hivaids/7347.cfm. The study found that donor governments disbursed US$ 6.9 billion in 2010 for HIV prevention, treatment, care and support -- US$ 740 million less than in 2009. The decrease was due to a combination of three main factors: actual reductions in development assistance, currency exchange fluctuations, and a slowdown in the pace of ...