UNAIDS Chief urges Africa to rethink health funding after global aid cuts
" Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region hardest hit by HIV, accounting for nearly two-thirds of people living with the virus worldwide and 60 percent of new infections last year.
Speaking at the African Union health summit in Ghana, Executive Director Winnie Byanyima said African governments must take greater responsibility for financing their own health systems after major donors, including the United States and several European countries, reduced foreign assistance.
Byanyima also warned that growing restrictions on LGBTQ rights in several African countries are driving vulnerable communities away from HIV testing and treatment, threatening years of progress in the fight against the epidemic.
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