HIV services must be comprehensive to ensure that people take their medication as prescribed and avoid onward transmission of the virus.
Even before the advent of COVID-19, donors had begun to exit HIV programmes with increasing frequency.
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Current approaches to expand renewable energy in Ghana are not inclusive of the rural poor.
Relying on donor funding means that the funder ultimately determines the health priorities. This is one reason why many programmes in Africa focus on a single disease such as HIV.
Wavering commitment in African capitals and the continued attractiveness of the African Union to external funders risk stalling the crucial path to financial autonomy.
Aid has never been just about helping people. It’s also about gaining influence and exercising soft power.
Remarkable progress is being made on HIV treatment. But African countries need to work on sustainable ways to ensure the treatment programmes are not entirely dependent on foreign aid.
African leaders need to up their health allocations to help the new World Health Organisation Director-General meet his health care targets for the continent.
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Health Systems Researcher, Makerere University
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Research fellow, Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), United Nations University
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science
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Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Amsterdam
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Postgrad Research Fellow at UWA AfREC, The University of Western Australia
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Professor in Global Health Infection and Immunity. and co-Director of the Global Health Academy, The University of Edinburgh
