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Written question asked by Mark Hendrick (Labour) on Wednesday, 9 April 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 April 2014. It was answered by Baroness Featherstone (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 28 April 2014 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Developing Countries: HIV Infection

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much of the overseas aid budget is being used to help combat the spread and treatment of HIV and Aids; and in which countries.

Answer

The UK Government’s expenditure on HIV is provided through: UK Government contributions to multilateral and global initiatives that work on HIV prevention and treatment; HIV-specific bilateral projects and programmes; bilateral support to health systems and service delivery; and by supporting HIV related research.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria is the principal mechanism the UK uses to finance our contribution to combat HIV. The UK has pledged up to £1 billion to the Global Fund over the next three years, of which around 50% will be spent on HIV. In 2012-13 the UK provided £90.4 million to HIV-specific bilateral projects and programmes, supporting HIV prevention and treatment in 17 countries and across a number of regional programmes. Further details of these projects and programmes are available in the 2013 review of the HIV Position Paper “Towards Zero Infections"

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/261341/Towards_Zero_Infections_-_Two_Years_On_22_November_FINAL_word_version.pdf

Details of the total expenditure on health are published in Statistics on International Development (SID) which is available in the House Library or online at

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
196112; 579 cc566-7W
Session
2013-14
Subjects
Developing countries HIV/AIDS
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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