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South Africa's Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) on Wednesday said the US was in no position to dictate on HIV/AIDS spending in developing countries.
US ambassador to South Africa, Cameron Hume, on Tuesday questioned whether the government could effectively utilise the roughly US $200 million earmarked for 2004 by President George W. Bush to combat HIV/AIDS in the country, local newspaper the Daily Dispatch reported.
"As a top world power, the US has a responsibility to support governments who want to address the issue of HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention," TAC national treatment and literacy coordinator, Sipho Mthathi, told the UN news service PlusNews.
"The South African government cannot even spend its own money. More resources does not mean they are going to do anything," Hume said.
Mthathi said any additional resources would be put to good use through the HIV/AIDS treatment plan currently being negotiated between TAC and the government.
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