AIDS Funding Competition with Other Diseases
24 Oct 2005 in Health
Does AIDS crowd out funding for other global infectious diseases? The current issue of PloS Medicine has an article which discusses "rapid impact interventions", a strategy which combines effective treatments for seven common infectious diseases in Africa. Because costs are low ($0.40 per year per patient, vs. nearly $1,000 for ARV -- see graph at left) and the treatments are proven, the authors argue that funding for these interventions is a highly effective strategy in combatting poverty.
