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Dept for International Development

Answer

Mr. Caton: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the target level set by the UN is for UK input into the Global Fund. [135184] Hilary Benn: The UN has not set a target level for UK contributions to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. The UN did set a target of $10 billion a year to be spent in on HIV/AIDS in low income, high HIV impact countries in the UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, signed in 2001. Recently, UNAIDS (the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) have produced a report on "The state of HIV/AIDS financing", which estimates that total resources required to combat AIDS will amount to approx US$ 10.7 billion in 2005 and US$14.9 billion by 2007, rising as implementation capacity (physical and human) improves. The UK is making a significant contribution to the fight against AIDS. Our total contribution to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria will be US$280 million by 2008. Most of DFID's HIV/AIDS spending goes direct to developing countries, through Government, NGOs or the private sector. Last year we invested over £270 million on HIV/AIDS related bilateral work. We are committed to increasing our activities and spending over the next five years. We also provide significant contributions to support the HIV/ AIDS programmes of multilateral agencies, including the United Nations.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

412 c483-4W;412 c491-2W; 135184

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Developing countries Development aid International assistance Disease control HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis Malaria Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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