§ Baroness Rawlingsasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is their assessment on the performance of the Global Health Fund in tackling HIV and AIDS.[HL858]
§ Baroness AmosThe Global Fund was established in January 2002 and designed to provide drugs and commodities to fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. Since then, it has established processes for soliciting and approving proposals and disbursing funds. In April 2002, the fund approved 616 million dollars of proposals, of which nearly 70 per cent of the resources requested were for HIV/AIDS. The first batch of grant agreements has been signed and the implementation phase is now about to start. The key challenge for the fund this year will be to ensure its resources support and build on country-led plans and processes for tackling the three diseases.
It is too early to assess the performance of this new financing instrument on HIV/AIDS, however DfID is positive on progress to date and will continue to closely monitor country-level impact.