HIV patients in Venezuela die due to lack of medication

![vih.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/CARACAS - Venezuelans living with HIV requested "urgent humanitarian aid" in June 2016 from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, but because the World Bank classifies Venezuela as a nation of high Income, the Global Fund denied the request on January 18.

Executive Director Mark Dybul and board chairman Norbert Hauser noted that "as an agency that relies on multi-stakeholder donations, the global fund is not in a position to grant any exceptions to its rules"

On this subject, the program A Tiempo de Unión Radio was discussed with the general secretary of the Venezuelan Network of Positive People, Esteban Colina.

Colina said "people are dying because they do not get the antifungals or antibiotics for diseases that can be cured, they are dying because the medicines are denied by the State; The right to life that is a constitutional right is not guaranteed in the country. "

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