Global AIDS crisis overblown? Some dare to say so

November 30, 2008 By MARIA CHENG , AP Medical Writer Global AIDS crisis overblown? Some dare to say so (AP)

In this Nov. 28, 2007 file photo, a social worker displays earrings and pendants made using the AIDS awareness symbol at a counseling center in Chennai, India. As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, some experts are growing more outspoken in complaining that AIDS is eating up funding at the expense of more pressing health needs. (AP Photo/M. Lakshman)

(AP) -- As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, some experts are growing more outspoken in complaining that AIDS is eating up funding at the expense of more pressing health needs.

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