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PEPFAR criticised by AIDS care provider

    JOHANNESBURG

    A US congressional report has estimated that some 25,000 HIV-positive people in developing countries have started anti-AIDS treatment under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

    According to the report, AIDS drugs have already been "directly" funded for 18,800 people and "indirectly" funded for another 6,100 people through the $15 billion PEPFAR programme which directs money to 12 African nations and the Caribbean.

    However, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world's largest provider of HIV medical care, said the programme was moving too slowly and present results could only be labelled as a "failure".

    AHF spokesman Cesar Portillo said in a statement: "Congress set global AIDS treatment goals in federal law last year, but today's numbers indicate the Bush administration has only met 5 percent of [the 500,000] goal."

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