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Thursday 21 July 2011

AIDS CRISIS AS MONEY RUNS OUT

Operations of the National Emergency Response Council on HIV/AIDS (NERCHA) have ground to a halt after government’s failure to disburse millions of Emalangeni allocated to the organisation.

As a result, a number of Non-Governmental Organisations that deal with HIV/AIDS issues and receive funding from NERCHA face closure, the Times of Swaziland reports today (21 July 2011).

Further compounding matters is that NERCHA has also not received a cent from the Global Fund, which also disburses millions of Emalangeni for the organisation’s operations.

As of July 2011, government has failed to disburse E16 million (US$2.3 million) for NERCHA’s operations during the first quarter (April to June) and for the first month of the second quarter (July to August).

This is despite government having made a public undertaking that the health sector was one of two areas (the other being education) that would not experience any budgetary shortfalls as a result of the country’s financial challenges.

To read the full report, click here.

See also

NO MONEY FOR AIDS, BUT THE KING’S OK

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2011/04/no-money-for-aids-but-kings-ok.html

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