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The UK Government will increase funding for AIDS related work in the developing world and spend at least £1.5 billion from 2005-06 to 2007-08.These resources will: (i) fund action that prioritises women, young people and vulnerable groups, and focuses on human rights; (ii) ensure that the UK spends at least £150 million on programmes to meet the needs of orphans and other children, particularly those in Africa, made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS; (iii) double UK funding for the Global Fund over the next three years; (iv) provide £36 million to UNAIDS over the next four years to support its global leadership; and (v) provide £80 million to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) over the next four years to support its HIV prevention, sexual and reproductive health work with women.The ““Taking Action Strategy”” (which can be found at the following address: www.dfid.gov.uk/Pubs/files/hivaidstakingaction.pdf) outlines the UK’s approach to tackling HIV and AIDS in the developing world over this three-year period. |