Concerns over Cambodia’s HIV funding

[geovalin]

Yesenia Amaro

 

A group of anonymous civil society organisations, people living with HIV and others has raised “grave” concerns regarding funding from the Global Fund, the largest donor to the fight against HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria in the Kingdom – as well as Cambodia’s allocation process to support services over the next three years – according to emails obtained by The Post.

 

The group sent an email to Global Fund official Thuy-Co Caroline Hoang, in which it also aired dissatisfaction with the management of the Community Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) – a national multi-sectoral committee in charge of facilitating Global Fund activities for the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in the Kingdom.

 

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-- © Copyright Phenom Pen Post 30/10

[phycokiller]

with modern medicine and testing theres no reason at all that HIV cant be completely eradicated, just that the political will isnt there

[Sheryl]

Actually it is, Cambodia has always had a very high degree of political commitment re HIV and an optimal piolicy climate. (It helped that at the height if the hIV epidemic the elite were disproportionately affected and many high ranking officials died).

 

Cambodia is well on the path to HIV elimination (defined as an incidence of below one new infection per 1,000 person-years) , expecting to achieve it within the next 5 years. (Elimination is of new infections, obviously there will still be many HIV+ people, since they now live near normal life spans).

Funding levels have gone down because the government is being required to put in more of its own money, and quite rightly.

 

In addition, now that almost everyone HIV+ is on medication and thus able to lead normal lives, funding for NGO "home-based care" programs run by NGOs has been cut, again, makes sense. But it is putting out of business a number of small NGOs that came into existence solely because of GF resources for home based care. And those re the people complaining.

 

 

[phycokiller]

2 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Actually it is, Cambodia has always had a very high degree of political commitment re HIV and an optimal piolicy climate. (It helped that at the height if the hIV epidemic the elite were disproportionately affected and many high ranking officials died).

 

Cambodia is well on the path to HIV elimination (defined as an incidence of below one new infection per 1,000 person-years) , expecting to achieve it within the next 5 years. (Elimination is of new infections, obviously there will still be many HIV+ people, since they now live near normal life spans).

Funding levels have gone down because the government is being required to put in more of its own money, and quite rightly.

 

In addition, now that almost everyone HIV+ is on medication and thus able to lead normal lives, funding for NGO "home-based care" programs run by NGOs has been cut, again, makes sense. But it is putting out of business a number of small NGOs that came into existence solely because of GF resources for home based care. And those re the people complaining.

 

 

thats good. would be nice if they sold testing kits in pharmacies, especially oral ones for people scared of needles.