Donor Government Funding for HIV Fell in 2015 for First Time in 5 Years
Kaiser Family Foundation, UNAIDS - "Donor government funding to support HIV efforts in low- and middle-income countries fell for the first time in five years in 2015, decreasing from US$8.6 billion in 2014 to US$7.5 billion, finds a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) released in advance of the 2016 International AIDS Conference.
Funding for HIV declined for 13 of 14 donor governments assessed in the analysis, in part due to the significant appreciation of the U.S. dollar that resulted in the depreciation of most other donor currencies. Yet even after accounting for this, funding declined for the majority of governments assessed. (...)
"The decline in international funding for the HIV response is worrying,” said Luiz Loures, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director. “Countries still need urgent support over the next few years to Fast-Track their responses to HIV, enabling them to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 and save millions of lives." (Photo: IAMANEH Schweiz)