Making a Difference: Funding (Updated March 2010)

Making a Difference: Funding "It is clear that our nation's investments in HIV/AIDS are having an impact. President Obama and I are dedicated to enhancing America's leadership in the fight against global AIDS." - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is the largest commitment ever by any nation for an international health initiative dedicated to a single disease - a comprehensive approach to combating HIV/AIDS around the world. Under PEPFAR, the U.S. Government has committed approximately $32 billion to bilateral HIV/AIDS programs, the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and bilateral TB programs through FY 2010. The American people, through PEPFAR, have provided resources and support for communities around the world to meet the challenge of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. These partnerships are having a global impact and transforming the face of our world today. Through its partnerships with more than 30 countries, PEPFAR directly supported life-saving antiretroviral treatment for over 2.4 million men, women and children, and care for nearly 11 million people affected by HIV/AIDS, including 3.6 million orphans and vulnerable children as of September 30, 2009. PEPFAR directly supported prevention of mother-to-child transmission programs that allowed nearly 100,000 babies of HIV-positive mothers to be born HIV-free in FY 2009, adding to the nearly 240,000 babies born without HIV due to PEPFAR support during FYs 2004-2008.   U.S. funding for PEPFAR has risen from nearly $2.3 billion in FY 2004 (for bilateral HIV/AIDS programs, the Global Fund, and bilateral TB programs) to $6.8 billion in FY 2010. For FY 2011, President Obama has requested nearly $7.0 billion, including $5.74 billion for bilateral HIV/AIDS programs, $1 billion for the Global Fund, and $251 million for bilateral TB programs.   The United States is by far the largest contributor to the fight against global AIDS. In 2008, the United States provided more than half of the international HIV/AIDS assistance from the G8, European Commission, and other donor governments.1 Building on PEPFAR's Success PEPFAR and the fight against HIV/AIDS is the cornerstone of the President's Global Health Initiative, which commits $63 billion over six years to support partner countries in improving and expanding access to health services - a stunning level of investment that would have been unimaginable even 10 years ago. 1 http://www.kff.org/hivaids/7347.cfm As of March 2010