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Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, has called for wealthy nations to fund a $10 billion annual "war chest" to respond to the AIDS epidemic. Such funding is important, but how these funds are actually spent is even more critical. On the basis of my experience in providing support for orphans and other vulnerable children in Africa, I believe that such resources will do the most good if they are used to strengthen existing community groups whose mission is to support such children. I think the institutional barriers to the distribution of resources to community groups must be surmounted . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The Scale of the Problem

International Responses

Local Responses

Combining Local and External Responses

References

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Moyo V. M., Gumbo T., Brilliant R. M., Ananworanich J., Tulloch O., Morsbach K.
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N Engl J Med 2002; 347:1455-1456, Oct 31, 2002. Correspondence

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