§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what percentage of the grants allocated by the Global Health Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria have been for(a) HIV prevention and (b) the provision of anti-retroviral drugs. [85746]
§ Clare ShortUnder the first round of applications to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) US$ 616 million was approved and committed for the first two years. Nearly 70 per cent. of these resources are for HIV/AIDS programmes.
Of the 28 countries with approved HIV/AIDS proposals from the first round, 20—over 70 per cent.—include some money for highly active anti retro viral therapy (HA ART). The first round proposal form did not request specific data from applicants on how much money would be expended on antiretrovirals. However, the Fund estimates that approximately 20 per cent. of money from the first round was allocated to the provision of drugs (some of which will be for antiretrovirals), and 20 per cent. on commodities (some of which will be for HIV prevention).