By: Donald Kennedy
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There was good news earlier this year about one of the world’s most threatening public health problems, when US President George W Bush announced a commitment of US$15 billion to combat the AIDS epidemic in Africa.
Prevention may deserve the first claim on the new money, he says. But in countries such as South Africa – where there is little care for the 20 per cent of adult South Africans who already have the disease – there is also a pressing need to channel funds into treatment.
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Reference: Science 300, 1053 (2003)