HIV Could See A Re-Emergence If Certain Actions Continue
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Bill and Melinda Gates both fear that global HIV cases could increase significantly by 2030. In their Goalkeepers report, Bill Gates notes that funding from major HIV research supporters could be reduced by upwards of 10 percent which would lead to a regression in HIV education. Gates worries that a reduction in funding will lead to a new epidemic. “Governments in both donor and developing countries that responded so aggressively to the crisis 15 years ago are now focusing on other things. Funding for HIV control has been flat, and now there’s talk of cuts. In a world of competing priorities and limited resources, these conversations are mandatory, but I want to be sure that the people having them are clear about the consequences,” Gates warns. Gates does believe one of his biggest medical foes will be defeated in his lifetime…
