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"We will have problems if we do not have more money," said Mark Dybul, a US researcher and diplomat, at a conference held before the conference, to be held from Monday to Friday. Dybul is a past president of the World Anti-AIDS Fund.
Worst of the most serious cases: the lack of funding to coexist at the risk of an epidemic of new infections due to demographic dementia in some seriously affected countries, especially in Africa. "Join these two elements and you will have a major crisis," he drew attention, fearing "the world will not lose control of the virus."
Currently, 36.9 million people are living with HIV, hoping that they will not worsen by reaching Sida.
The number of infections decreases, and for the first time since the turn of the century, the annual number of deaths has reached less than one million in 2016 (990,000), then in 2017 (940,000 ).
But UNAIDS, the UN Battle Court, estimates that funding of $ 7 billion a year for this disease will no longer pose a threat to global public health. 39, here 2030.
The research community and associations are particularly concerned about a decline in US endowments.
Following the election of Donald Trump, the United States, the leading contributor to the fight against AIDS, predicts budget cuts that have not yet been passed by the US Congress.
"If we do not take drastic measures, we will not even tackle" the goal set for 2030, said Nduku Kilozo, of the Kenya National Council for AIDS Control. "We are very, very far from our goal, not only in terms of AIDS elimination, but also by preventing it," said the specialist, adding that the funds dedicated to the distribution of condoms have a lot declined.
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