§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding the UK194W Government are providing to Nepalese authorities for a HIV/Aids strategy; and if she will make a statement. [75110]
§ Clare ShortSince January 2001 DFID has contributed £1.7 million to a short-term targeted response to stabilise and contain the concentrated HIV/AIDS epidemic among female sex workers, their clients and injecting drug users.
Part of this support has been used to assist with the development of the Government's national HIV/AIDS strategy which will set out priorities for actions over the next five years. The national HIV/AIDs strategy is expected to issue in the December 2002. I anticipate that DFID support to the strategy will amount to £15 million over 5 years or approximately 25 per cent. of the total cost of the national strategy.