National Aids Council calls for Increased Domestic Funding Towards HIV/ Aids Fight

The National Aids Council – NAC has called for increased local funding towards the fight against HIV and Aids.
NAC Director Policy and Planning John Mwale says as much as foreign funding is appreciated there is need for more domestic funding toward the agenda.
He was speaking at the ZAMCOM Science Café on Local Funding for HIV Prevention in Zambia.
Mr. Mwale was quick to note that a lot strides have been made in the past three decades in as far the fight against the pandemic.
“We have reduced the HIV prevalence from 15.5 percent in 2001 to about 11.6 percent in 2016, and in terms of incidence we have reduced from 85,000 new infections in 2006 to 46 thousand new infections in 2016,” Mr Mwale said.
He said for Zambia to meet its aspiration of achieving a free HIV/ Aids generation by 2030 will be dependant partly to the available resources towards the health sector and specifically the HIV fight.
Over 480 million dollars is needed in the HIV response for the 2017-2018 timeframe.
And Mr. Mwale is also hopeful that once passed into law, the social health insurance scheme, currently under formulation by the ministry of health will augment on the existing resources in the HIV response.

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