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"International investments still account for two thirds of funding for HIV in Africa, the continent most affected by the epidemic," said Paul De Lay, Deputy Executive Director, Programme at UNAIDS. "Although more and more countries are increasing domestic investments for HIV, investments from donor governments remain an essential resource."
"The benefits of early detection and treatment have never been more clear, but countries have never been more challenged to provide needed resources. This is a critical time to keep the focus on the HIV epidemic," said Drew Altman, Kaiser Family Foundation President and CEO.
The two largest donor governments – the United States and United Kingdom – reported funding increases. The United States, the largest donor nation, reported a US$785 million increase in disbursements over 2010, but only returned to 2009 levels after reporting a delay in disbursements as the reason for last year's decline. Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway and Sweden maintained or slightly increased their support, while Ireland, Italy, Japan and the Netherlands decreased funding.
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WASHINGTON, D.C., July 18, 2012— Donor nation funding in 2011 for HIV in low- and middle income countries returned to prior levels after a drop in 2010, but has been roughly flat since the recession hit world economies in 2008, according to an annual funding analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
The study found that donor governments disbursed US$ 7.6 billion in 2011 for the AIDS response in low- and middle-income countries. Overall donor government support for AIDS has been flat since 2008, which marked the end of rapid increases in donor disbursements of more than six-fold over the 2002 to 2008 period.
"International investments still account for two thirds of funding for HIV in Africa, the continent most affected by the epidemic," said Paul De Lay, Deputy Executive Director, Programme at UNAIDS. "Although more and more countries are increasing domestic investments for HIV, investments from donor governments remain an essential resource."
"The benefits of early detection and treatment have never been more clear, but countries have never been more challenged to provide needed resources. This is a critical time to keep the focus on the HIV epidemic," said Drew Altman, Kaiser Family Foundation President and CEO.
The two largest donor governments – the United States and United Kingdom – reported funding increases. The United States, the largest donor nation, reported a US$785 million increase in disbursements over 2010, but only returned to 2009 levels after reporting a delay in disbursements as the reason for last year's decline. Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway and Sweden maintained or slightly increased their support, while Ireland, Italy, Japan and the Netherlands decreased funding.
Read the rest here.
[Content that is linked from other sources is for informational purposes and should not construe a Mapping Pathways position. Please look for us on Facebook here www.facebook.com/MappingPathways and you can follow us on Twitter @mappingpathways as well.]
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