Putting South Africans in charge of AIDS spending
The Associated Press this morning has a report on a recent policy shift in an AIDS relief project funded by the US government. The project, implemented through Catholic Relief Services will seek to directly pay South Africans.
Catholic Relief Services explains further:
With funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and assistance from the AIDSRelief consortium—including Catholic Relief Services—the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has brought care and treatment to 60,000 people, including 20,000 on lifesaving antiretroviral medications. The AIDSRelief program in South Africa has been so successful that the SACBC is taking over responsibility for the grant money—the first full transition to local partner management, as called for by the U.S. government.
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