In preparation for World AIDS Day, the BBC invited Farzana Muhib, R4D's coordinator for the aids2031 Costs and Financing Project, to discuss future cost and financing scenarios for the global AIDS epidemic in their Health Check spotlight, "The Future for HIV/AIDS Funding."  Ms. Muhib highlighted the importance of "tough choice" spending policy decisions and more efficient management of resources now in order to curb future costs of the epidemic and achieve better health outcomes. She also stressed the need for improved prevention strategies in various epidemic settings to reduce the number of new infections and lower future treatment expenditures.

Ms. Muhib was joined on the program by Tido von Schoen-Angerer of Medicins Sans Frontieres.

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