The association, which represents the country's 278 municipalities, says the disparate sizes and economic strengths of municipalities limited the councils' ability to combat the pandemic.It said this was particularly worrying because municipalities were "at the centre of addressing the developmental backlogs in these areas of service delivery that exacerbate HIV/Aids vulnerability among the poor and those living on the margins of society".Auditor-general Kimi Makwetu, in his assessment of municipalities for the year ending June 2015, found that the financial health of 92% of councils was either concerning or required intervention."In total, 26% of municipalities were in a particularly poor financial position by the end of 2014-2015, with material uncertainty with regard to their ability to continue operating in the foreseeable future. [This is] 10 more municipalities than in 2011-2012," said Makwetu last month."The challenges for local governments have been the co-ordination of 278 municipalities with various developmental needs, institutional capacities and economic muscle," Salga said in an e-mailed response to questions from The Times."Mayors and their representatives from around South Africa demonstrated their commitment to accelerating the HIV and TB responses in their respective municipalities when they signed the Paris Declaration, on March 17 2016 in Durban, a pledge to implement multi-sectoral municipal plans to reach the 90-90-90 Fast-Track targets for HIV and TB."..