“This American investment will provide vital assistance to millions of people in partner countries and help ensure that the global HIV response remains efficient, data-driven and delivers resultssaid Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS.
“I thank the president [Donald] Trump and the US Congress for their continued commitment to HIV and global health. »
The U.N. agency said the $5.88 billion spending package approved Tuesday “reinforces continued U.S. engagement and leadership in the global HIV response“.
Where are the funds going?
For more than two decades, US investments have been the main driver of the global HIV response, saving millions of lives and supporting countries’ efforts to end the AIDS epidemic, the UN agency said.
The package allocates:
- $4.6 billion for bilateral HIV support under the America First global health strategy
- $1.25 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- $45 million to UNAIDS
The Act advances the America First global health strategy, which focuses on achieving UNAIDS targets 95-95-95 as an integral part of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 and accelerates strategic change toward country ownership and self-sustaining responses to HIV.
UNAIDS in the lead
The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) coordinates and leads 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 founding of UNAIDS in 1996, the US government has been a key partner of UNAIDS and recently renewed its membership on the UNAIDS Program Coordinating Board through 2028.
As for the new bipartisan law, UNAIDS said the agency is committed to mobilizing funds to provide data and rigorous technical and strategic support to countries and communities most affected by HIV and to implement the America First global health strategy, working closely with the U.S. government, the Global Fund, partner governments and communities.
Learn more about UNAIDS’ work here.
