Funding Mechanisms

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria

The Global Fund raises funds and supports programs to combat the three diseases in low- and middle-income countries. Accessed by an open proposal process, the Fund’s policies have placed priority on country-ownership and performance-based funding. Since its inception in 2002, the Global Fund has approved $15.1 billion ($8.2 billion for HIV/AIDS) through eight rounds of funding and disbursed a total of $7.3 billion.

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Founded in 2002
Operates in 140 countries
Total dollars committed (approved grants): $15.1 billion ($8.2 billion for HIV/AIDS)

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President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

PEPFAR is bilateral U.S. initiative to combat HIV/AIDS, concentrating on 15 focus countries. By concentrating resources and rapidly scaling-up programs in these countries, PEPFAR aims to achieve pre-set, program-wide targets by 2013: 3 million people on ARV treatment, 12 million new infections prevented, and 12 million infected and affected persons receiving care. PEPFAR has already been appropriated $18.8 billion over its first five years (including $3 billion for the Global Fund) and was reauthorized for up to $39 billion over the next five years of the program. Congress appropriated $6.3 billion for FY 2009, including $900 million for the Global Fund.

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Created in 2003.
Operates in 123 countries (15 focus countries)
Total dollars committed: $24.8 billion

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The World Bank's Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Program (MAP)

MAP is the oldest of the HIV/AIDS initiatives. As part of the wider development assistance strategies of the World Bank, the Africa MAP provides long-term assistance (5 years) to governments to combat HIV/AIDS and promote heath system strengthening within most low-income African countries or regional programs. The Bank’s Africa MAP program has committed $1.6 billion since its inception in 2000, of which more than $1 billion has been disbursed.

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