Are we spending too much on HIV or the amount being spent is still insufficient? The torrent of such questions remained striking this week’s BMJ (British Medical Journal). Moreover, the percussion of these contradicting questions has goaded out new questions like, how far it is right to spend millions of dollars to fight HIV/AIDS, especially when the percentage of people dying of HIV/AIDS is lower than the deaths occurring due to some other reasons. Personally, I believe that following issues might have given way to such questions:-
• HIV/AIDS causes 2.8 million deaths a year worldwide, which is fewer than the number of stillbirths, and much less than half the number of infant deaths.
• More people die of diabetes than HIV.
• According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, in 2004, 21 per cent of all health aid was allocated to HIV, up from 8 per cent in 2000.
No doubt, these issues are quite considerable that needs to be addressed earnestly but before that it is more important to have answers of the questions like, has our fight against deadly HIV/AIDS digressed from its main route? Is there any flaw in our strategy, meant to intercept the deluge of HIV/AIDS? Is the money being spent to harness HIV/AIDS, being utilized properly?
The galaxy of such questions that has been thrown up through this fresh controversy cries for precise answers. However, still I consider following questions more important:
• How far our strategy aimed at total annihilation of HIV/AIDS is pertinent? • How fight against deadly AIDS be revamped more effectively to achieve the target, which is perdition of HIV/AIDS?
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Via: Medical News Today
