Anger over Commonwealth changes to HIV funding

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Updated December 3, 2009 21:13:47

Pacific members of the Commonwealth have reacted angrily to a decision by the Commonwealth to change the way it funds the fight against HIV/AIDS. The Commonwealth Foundation, part of the bloc's secretariat which establishes and supports civil society, says it has reached the end of a three-year direct HIV/AIDS funding arrangement. The Foundation says groups now need to apply for grants, instead of receiving funding directly. The decision, made at the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Trinidad, may make it harder for Pacific nations nations to fight back against the disease.

Presenter: Anna Walker
Speakers: Mark Collins, director, Commonwealth Foundation, Dr Eigel Sorensen, World Health Organisation representative, Papua New Guinea; John Foster, Civil Society Committee for The Commonwealth

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