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Reuters: Cutting AIDS Funds Risks "Death Sentence"

A global pullback from AIDS funding may mean HIV could again become a death sentence for people in the developing world, according to a report released on Monday.

The International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) found patients are being turned away from treatment programs and AIDS drug stocks are running out because of government budget cuts and flatlined funding from major donors like the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPAR) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

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