Malawi: A Suitable Case for Treatment

Although some progress was reported at the international AIDS conference held last month, one country's efforts to secure help in tackling its AIDS epidemic indicates the gulf between needs and the resources available to meet them. After repeated interactions with donor organizations and the newly established Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, Malawi, a country in which 16 percent of the adult population is infected with HIV, was forced to whittle down an ambitious plan to one that will barely make a dent in its problems.