The budget proposal unveiled yesterday by President Barack Obama receives negative reviews from some advocates of public health. In particular, they say the Global Health Initiative, which aims HIV / AIDS, tuberculosis and neglected diseases, is scheduled for about a cut of $ 300 million to about $ 8.5 billion.
The cuts are "deeply disappointing and a far cry from what [Obama] promised," Sophie Delaunay, head of Doctors Without Borders said in a statement.
While the 2013 budget provides for an increase in spending of $ 350 million for the Global Fund against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, an analysis by the Global Health Access Project (GAP), an organization nonprofit advocates for HIV / AIDS and human rights activists, suggests this is a "bait". Indeed, the proposed budget also more than $ 500 million chops the President's Emergency Plan for the fight against AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
"Robbing Peter to pay Paul in the global fight against AIDS is likely to leave Peter and Paul died without access to rescue services services that would have been there if the president was not offering reduce global programs against AIDS, "said Matthew Kavanagh, director of Health GAP US advocacy.
the Policy Tracker Kaiser Family Foundation, the budget cut $ 546.4 million for HIV / AIDS and $ 25 million from the treatment of tuberculosis, but added $ 350 million to the global Fund. the changes bring the overall decline of the Initiative's budget on the overall health of $ 310 million.
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