OF NOTE THIS WEEK
President Obama released his FY2012 budget request on Monday of this week proposing $47 billion in core funding for the State Department and USAID, a 1% increase from 2010 enacted funding levels, the White House's Office of Management and Budget states. In his budget, the President requested $7.2 billion for PEPFAR, including more than $5.6 billion for bilateral HIV/AIDS programs, $1.3 billion for the Global Fund, and $254 million for bilateral TB programs. See here for an updated fact sheet on PEPFAR funding, including FY2012 requests. While Obama's proposed FY2012 budget represents a slight increase in funding levels for PEPFAR, a continuing resolution to fund the remainder of FY2011 threatens to cut $11.7 billion, or 21%, from the President's 2011 budget request for the State Department, USAID, and other foreign operations.
NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DONORS
- UNAIDS to participate in the Global Commission on HIV and the Law Conference, which is set to review legal barriers obstructing progress on AIDS in Asia-Pacific
OTHER NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS
- U.S. Seeks to Cut Costs in Sustained War Against HIV/AIDS (All Africa)
- Press Release: Cepheid and FIND announce collaboration to develop HIV viral load test (FIND)
- UGANDA: Pushing HIV on to the presidential candidates' agenda (PlusNews)
- White House Proposes Modest Funding Increase for Global Health Programs (Science Insider)
- Zimbabwe: Sanctions Have Paralyzed Health Delivery System (All Africa)
- A New Kind of Condom For The Modern Consumer (Forbes)
- UW International AIDS nonprofit hit by financial questions in Mozambique (The Seattle Times)
- Zambia: Government Warned on ARVs Shortages (Lusaka Times)
RECENT CGD HEALTH POLICY BLOGS
- The Ethics of Material Incentives for HIV Prevention By Mead Over
- Food Prices, Health, and Nutrition: Focus on the Poor Now! By Amanda Glassman
HIV/AIDS MONITOR RECOMMENDATIONS AND POLICY IMPACT
- The HIV/AIDS Monitor has been tracking the policy changes among PEPFAR, the Global Fund and the World Bank MAP related to the recommendations that have come out of our research. Explore these changes using our interactive flash tool.