“This American investment will provide vital support to millions of people. in partner countries and help ensure that the global response to HIV remains efficient, data-driven and delivers results”said Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS.
“I thank the president [Donald] Trump and the United States Congress for their continued commitment to HIV and global health.”
The U.N. agency said the $5.88 billion spending package approved Tuesday “reinforces the continued commitment and leadership of the United States in the global response to HIV”.
Where do the funds go?
For more than two decades, US investments have been the main driver of the global response to HIV, saving millions of lives and supporting countries’ efforts to end their AIDS epidemics, the UN agency said.
The package assigns:
- $4.6 billion for bilateral HIV support through America First Global Health Strategy
- 1.25 billion dollars to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- $45 million for UNAIDS
The law promotes the America First Global Health Strategy, which emphasizes achieving the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets as an integral part of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 and accelerates the strategic shift toward national ownership and self-sustaining responses to HIV.
UNAIDS in the lead
The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) coordinates and drives the efforts of 11 United Nations organizations, including the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Program (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO), to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
Since the establishment of UNAIDS in 1996, the United States Government has been a leading partner of UNAIDS and recently renewed its membership on the UNAIDS Program Coordinating Board until 2028.
Regarding the new bipartisan law, UNAIDS said the agency is committed to leveraging the funds to provide data and rigorous technical and strategic support to countries and communities most affected by HIV and for the implementation of the America First Global Health Strategy, working closely with the US government, the Global Fund, partner governments and communities.
Learn more about the work of UNAIDS here.
