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Egyptian Military Conquers Aids!

I guess that shows how desperate the Egyptian Army is for someone to believe in them....... how very sad.
 
And, if course, none of you READ the piece beforehand to see what a sham it was from the onset!!! :(
 
Delaying payments to health workers could lead to rise in HIV infections in India...

India at risk of HIV infection rise: UN
Sun, Oct 11, 2015 - New HIV infections in India could rise for the first time in more than a decade because states are mismanaging a prevention program by delaying payments to health workers, the UN envoy for AIDS in Asia and the Pacific said.
India’s efforts to fight HIV have for years centered around community-based programs run for people at high risk of contracting the virus, such as sex workers and injecting drug users. The results won praise globally — annual new infections fell consistently and, overall, were reduced by more than half between 2000 and 2011. However, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February cut the federal AIDS budget by a fifth and asked states to fill the gap, even though their poorly-run bureaucracies were already slow in releasing funds to their AIDS prevention units. As a result, staff salaries have been delayed for months and prevention activities have slowed down.

The decision was part of a wider strategy to decentralize social spending and focus central government resources on building roads and railways to boost economic growth. In an interview with Reuters, the UN secretary-general’s special envoy for AIDS in the Asia-Pacific region, J.V.R. Prasada Rao, warned “primitive” management by states would “ruin the program.” “When the new infections start rising, all the good work that has been done will be washed away,” said Rao, who said he based his view on interactions with several federal and state AIDS officials in the last six months.

Reuters reported in March that government data and letters obtained under right to information legislation showed state treasuries were delaying payments and thousands of health workers had gone unpaid for months. In letters seen by Reuters, some states have cited a lack of clarity about how much they need to contribute to the program under the new arrangement as a reason for delayed payments and overall shortage of funds. Experts and state health officials also blame delays on slow bureaucratic processes. An official at the federal AIDS control department, part of the health ministry that oversees the program, said delays in states disbursing funds were still widespread, with payments in some cases three months late.

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