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Global Fund to fight Aids, TB and Malaria threatens to withhold
nearly a billion rands from South Africa, SABC TV news reported
yesterday.
The funds had been available since 2002, but were being held up in
Pretoria, said Professor Richard Feachem, head of the fund.
"We are already in almost daily contact with officials from the
ministry of finance and the ministry of health about the need to
move that money quickly to KwaZulu-Natal, to Western Cape, to Soul
City, to LoveLife to allow them to do rapidly the work that
desperately needs to be done.
"It's intolerable that the money gets stuck in Pretoria and if
Pretoria can't move it for any reason, we will simply withdraw it
and establish direct relationships with the people actually doing
the work," Feachem, head of the fund.
Feachem made the comments at a high level meeting held London on
Sunday to discuss the HIV and Aids crisis in Africa.
A spokesperson for LoveLife, one of the South African organisations
awaiting money from the fund, said LoveLife was struggling to carry
out its programmes due to the delay.
"We do find ourselves in a difficult situation, given the delays in
the funding. In fact, we are struggling to implement," said Angela
Steward Buchanan of LoveLife.
The South African health department could not be reached for
comment. - Sapa
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