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USG International Funding For HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria
The United States Government is the largest bilateral donor of
HIV/AIDS assistance, providing nearly 50% of all international
HIV/AIDS funding. Since 1986, through USAID alone, the U.S.
Government has dedicated over $1.6 billion for the prevention and
mitigation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the developing world.
- Total United States bilateral international assistance for
HIV/AIDS prevention in FY 01 is nearly $466 million, largely
through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the
Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Labor.
- The U.S., through USAID, is the largest single donor to UNAIDS,
providing approximately $16 million per year, or 25% of the
agency's total budget.
- At the same time, the U.S. Government funding for international
tuberculosis and malaria is also growing in response to these
burgeoning epidemics.
- In FY 2001, funds for international assistance for TB programs
nearly tripled from about $20 million to nearly $60 million. In
addition, CDC provides technical assistance for TB programs in key
countries around the world.
- Funding for international malaria programs has also increased
considerably, nearly doubling in FY 2001 to about $50 million
through USAID. At the same time, funding for international malaria
programs at CDC totals close to $13 million per year.
HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Research Programs:
- The National Institutes of Health's budget in FY 01 for HIV/AIDS
research totals $2.2 billion. Over $100 million of this amount
will be spent in FY 01 specifically on international HIV/AIDS
research.
- CDC research programs in FY 01 total $848 million in HIV/AIDS
prevention research. For FY 02 that budget is expected to increase
to $871 million.
- The U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) Military HIV Prevention and
Treatment Research program spends $26 million in FY 01 on research
for prevention and treatment protocols to enhance efforts to
prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. This includes a large effort in
vaccine research.
- The DOD is also one of the leaders in malaria vaccine research,
with a budget of $8 million per year. In addition, DOD works
closely with USAID, which contributes $4 million to the malaria
vaccine effort.
- The NIH budget for TB research in FY 01 is $84 million, and $69.3
million for malaria research.
- The U.S. Agency for International Development spends approximately
10% of its HIV/AIDS budget on research, to identify new strategies
to prevent HIV/AIDS.
- The President's FY 02 budget reflects his commitment to helping
those with HIV/AIDS and working to find a cure to HIV/AIDS. The
Bush Administration has proposed an FY 02 increase in HIV/AIDS
bilateral international assistance to $480 million, a 113%
increase over FY 2000 levels.
- The Bush Administration has requested a $258 million increase in
HIV/AIDS research for FY 02, bringing the total HIV/AIDS budget
request to $2.5 billion.
- The Bush Administration budget request proposes doubling funding
for NIH by 2003 and provides an increase of $2.8 billion in
2002--the largest dollar increase in NIH history. This includes a
13% increase for the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious
Disease, (NIAID) the Institute within NIH that oversees HIV/AIDS
research.
- In FY 2002, the Administration also supports a continuation of
increased funding for international TB and malaria programs.
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