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    Bill Clinton, Gates Push for Efficiency in AIDS Fight

    By Ivy Mungcal // 19 July 2010
    Bill Clinton and Bill Gates during the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria. Photo by: IAS / Steve Forrest / Workers' Photos

    Health workers engaged in HIV/AIDS programs should squeeze out the value of every cent of money for the global HIV fight, Bill Clinton and Bill Gates said at the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria.

    Clinton and Gates added that AIDS workers and activists could not expect donors to contribute more funds, given the current economic downturn, without assurance that their money will be well spent, Reuters says.

    Clinton suggested that as AIDS workers ask for more money from donor governments, they themselves should “change the way we do what we do.”

    The former U.S. president said: “If we’re going to make this case, they (donor governments) have to believe that we are doing our job faster, better and cheaper. Then we have the moral standing to go ask people to give us more money.” 

    Meanwhile, Bill Gates, emphasized that efficiency is vital to scaling up access to AIDS drugs.

    “We can’t keep spending AIDS resources in exactly the same way we do today,” the founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation explained. “As we … advocate for more funding, we also need to make sure we’re getting the most benefit from each dollar of AIDS funding and every ounce of effort.”

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      Ivy Mungcal

      As former senior staff writer, Ivy Mungcal contributed to several Devex publications. Her focus is on breaking news, and in particular on global aid reform and trends in the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, and the Americas. Before joining Devex in 2009, Ivy produced specialized content for U.S. and U.K.-based business websites.

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