AIDS under renewed attack

Johannesburg, South Africa, 27 /11/2015: Members of the Private Sector and Parliamentarians from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) have renewed their commitment to deal a final blow to the monster AIDS by the Year 2030. The commitment was made at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Johannesburg South Africa, during their Dialogue with the Champions for an HIV-Free Generation.

Appreciating the need for shared responsibility and African solidarity, the Private Sector members identified as critical the need to start locally producing Anti-retroviral Drugs, which would in turn fast track access and also enhance affordability. To do this however, needs a sizeable amount of capital investment, which some identified as an encumbrance. The reliance on foreign funding did not help the situation either, as funders tend to have their own dictated priorities.