October 31, 2006

Iraq War Saps Global AIDS War

October 31, 2006—Stephen Lewis, U.N. special envoy for AIDS in Africa, told journalists that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are undermining the world’s ability to fund the fight against AIDS, costing millions of additional lives. He added that the planet’s wealthiest nations were failing to meet their promise to double aid going to Africa to $25 billion by 2010.