can follow World Aids Day Archibishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa has urged the world to tackle AIDS with the same committment that it tackled apartheid.

Archbishop Tutu said governments should cut their defence budgets by a small percentage so that they can spend more on affordable health care, AIDS research and education.

He said that, even though Africa has been hardest hit by the disease, AIDS knew no boundaries and was also affecting Asia and Europe.