Resources made available by governments to battle the HIV/Aids pandemic did not match the scale of the plague, Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said in Genoa, Italy today.
Vavi said statistics indicated that HIV/Aids was the single most potent danger to humanity but governments, affected countries and world leaders were not releasing funds to match the scale of threat. He and other international trade unionists met with G8 summit host Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today.
Vavi said discussions to establish a global fund to fight the scourge
were appreciated but hoped that the end result was not
disappointing. We await with greatest anticipation for the details
and hope that we shall not be disappointed.
Vavi said there had been a comprehensive response from the world that
included affordable treatment, education and poverty eradication for
the disease's elimination. Education and awareness, elimination
of poverty, dealing with the challenge of underdevelopment, cancelling
of the odious debt all have to be part of the total strategy.
The G8 summit begins in Genoa on Friday. - Sapa
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