Faced with an acute crunch of resources for investment in HIV/AIDS prevention, a latest U.N. report has said this was a matter of worry as “if the world did not invest now, we will have to pay several times more in the future.”According to a new report, AIDS at 30: Nations at the crossroads, released by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) investments in the HIV response in low- and middle-income countries rose nearly 10-fold between 2001 and 2009, from US$ 1.6 billion to US$ 15.9 billion. However, in 2010, international resources for HIV declined. Many low-income countries remain heavily dependent on external financing. In 56 countries, international donors account for at least 70 per cent of HIV resources.
