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International News World Bank Warns India to Scale Up Its Investment in HIV PreventionMarch 9, 2010 The World Bank on Sunday warned that if India failed to scale up its HIV prevention efforts, the percentage of the country's health budget for treating HIV/AIDS patients would likely continue to grow, Reuters reports. Currently, "New Delhi spends about 5 percent of its $5.4 billion healthcare budget on treating AIDS patients. But with HIV cases showing signs of rising in the capital New Delhi, in the financial hub of Mumbai, in the north and the northeast, the cost of treatment in India could rise to $1.8 billion by 2020, about 7 percent of the total health expenditure, the World Bank says," the news service writes. Health experts worry about what a shift in spending could mean for funding for other health issues facing the country, according to Reuters (Majumdar, 3/7). Back to other news for March 2010
 This article was provided by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. It is a part of the publication Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report. Visit the Kaiser Family Foundation's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.
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