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Making the money work - 9 March 2005
An international conference, hosted jointly by the UK, France, the US and 
UNAIDS , is taking place in London today to consider how much more AIDS funding is needed over the next three years and how best to use the money already allocated to tackling the epidemic.
The meeting will focus on:
- Working out how much is needed over the next three years to tackle AIDS globally;
- What the international community needs to do to make sure that the money gets to those who need it the most; and
- Who will do what – the international division of labour
Papers from the meeting
- Agenda
(161kb) - List of Attendees (107kb)
- Discussion Document – “Making the money work” (582kb)
- Resource needs for an expanded response to AIDS (189kb)
- The “Three Ones” in Action: Reaffirming and Strengthening Commitment (189kb)
- Fostering Greater Coherence (125kb)
The meeting will hear that there is a global shortfall of over $8 billion over the next three years, but the world already has 75 percent of the money it needs to tackle AIDS. Over $27 billion dollars is
already available up to 2008. As well as raising more money, the world needs to make sure the money that is already there works well by reaching the people who need it the most.
Tackling AIDS is at the heart of the UK’s presidencies of the G8 and EU this year. At the G8 summit in Gleneagles this summer we will be asking the richest countries to commit to providing regular long term funding to the developing world not just for AIDS but also to build the infrastructure - getting more doctors, nurses and clinics into developing countries to treat and care for the people most vulnerable to AIDS.
Facts about AIDS
- AIDS is a major threat to development. Today, some 40 million are living with HIV, and over 20 million have already died.
- Since the first AIDS cases were identified in 1981, at least 12 million children have been orphaned by AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.
The UK’s response
- The UK has committed to spending £1.5 billion – $3 billion - over the next three years, of which at least £150,000,000 is committed for children who have lost their parents to AIDS.
- In July 2004 we agreed to double our pledge to the Global Fund over the next 3 years, to £259 million up to 2008.
- UK AIDS Strategy
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