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UN halts direct funding to AIDS NGOs
Friday 25 March 2005
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: UN halts direct funding to AIDS NGOs


[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]


JOHANNESBURG, 10 March (PLUSNEWS) - The UN has endorsed a proposal by Zambia and Zimbabwe to stop channelling HIV/AIDS funds through NGOs, alleging questionable accountability.

Koichiro Matsuura, the chairman of the funding committee for UNAIDS, made the announcement in Zambia at a recent two-day ministerial conference on accelerating Africa's fight against HIV/AIDS.

Reuters quoted Matsuura as saying: "AIDS money will no longer be given to NGOs... This is what the countries have proposed and it has been endorsed. The money will only be channelled through the governments' central authorities dealing with AIDS."

The move has also received support from the governments of Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland and Botswana.

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