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Lack of Funds Prevents HIV-Positive People in Uganda From Receiving Antiretroviral Treatment

July 7, 2009

Some health service providers in Uganda have had to turn away "HIV patients who qualify to receive free antiretroviral therapy," because the "credit crunch" has created a lack of funds, the Observer reports. Uganda's antiretroviral program is about 95 percent donor-funded, according to the Observer, which writes that the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and PEPFAR are the two major contributors to the program (Bogere, 7/5).

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