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Concern over sketchy HIV/AIDS budget

    JOHANNESBURG

    The Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) is not entirely satisfied with reports that the country's HIV/AIDS budget has grown from just over US $206 billion in 2004/05 to more than $257 billion in 2005/06.

    IDASA said the lack of reference in 'Budget 2005' to resource allocation, specifically set aside for the newly implemented national antiretroviral (ARV) programme, was "of grave concern".

    Nhlanhla Ndlovu, a member of IDASA's budget unit, said the slow rollout of the drug programme was an indication that improvement was needed in reporting on expenditure and the number of people being treated for HIV and AIDS.

    A local newspaper, The Daily Dispatch, quoted Ndlovu as saying: "The fact that only 28,786 people of a target of 53,000 for 2004/05 are actually accessing treatment at public facilities indicates a stagnant implementation of the programme."

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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