Cambodia Faces Key Challenges in Effort to Tackle HIV/AIDS

Cambodia’s efforts to tackle HIV/AIDS over the past 15 years have won it praise, and put it well ahead of many other low-income countries.  But some of those most involved in the fight against AIDS are worried that an array of challenges could see some of those gains undone. For many years, Cambodia has relied on foreign donors to fund its largely successful fight against HIV/AIDS.  In 2012, for example, 90 percent of the $50 million spent on combating the disease came from donors such as the Global Fund, the U.S. government and the Australian government. …

Robert Carmichael
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