Paul DeLay, deputy executive director of UNAIDS, said that, of the $25 billion needed for low and middle income countries to achieve universal access to prevention, care, drugs and counseling by 2010, only $14 billion has been raised. He spoke to The Associated Press at an international meeting on AIDS in Namibia.

“Resources are becoming scarce, but there is a need to ensure their use in an equitable way to address priority areas,” he said. “HIV/AIDS has in the past been operating in isolation. We have to look at how we can integrate funding for the epidemic into funding for education, shelter and nutrition.”

According to UNAIDS, universal access will require that 1.5 million teachers be trained, 13 million sex workers reached, 10 billion condoms provided, 2.5 million circumcisions performed, and 19 million orphans and vulnerable children supported.

“Donors want to know how their money is being used in achieving universal access,” DeLay said. “Countries themselves should be able to demonstrate that the funds have made an impact on the intended recipients.”