Tripling of Aids Spending Demanded
By, ActionAid UK, One world, May 18, 2007
* 18-19 May annual meeting of G8 finance ministers in Potsdam, Germany
G7 countries must immediately triple their annual HIV and Aids spend to the developing world, if they are to meet the historic Gleneagles commitment of prevention, treatment and care for all who need it by 2010, campaigners have warned.
The international anti-poverty agency ActionAid has written to the G7 finance ministers, who gather in Potsdam, Germany at the end of this week, urging them to fill the $8bn to $10bn annual funding gap that prevents a full-scale assault on the epidemic.
Although Aids is scheduled for discussion at June's G8 summit, it is not on the finance ministers' agenda this week. ActionAid is concerned that consequently pledges made at the 2005 G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, will never become reality.
ActionAid campaigner Nick Corby said: "It is the job of finance ministers to unlock funds. Our research shows just what a huge gap there is between what is needed and what is being delivered.
"The G8 cannot move on Aids without the finance being in place, and that requires a comprehensive funding plan that is long term, sustainable and predictable."
Two years on from Gleneagles, and with less than three weeks to go before the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, three quarters of people who need treatment in low and middle income countries are not receiving it. Nearly 90 per cent of HIV-positive pregnant women are still unable to get drugs that could prevent the virus being passed on to their child.
"Without proper funding, the world will not even make a dent in the appalling 8,000 Aids deaths a day and the 12,000 new HIV infections. Those statistics are a shocking indictment of the indifference of the world's richest countries to the suffering of millions," said the head of ActionAid's HIV and Aids campaign, Aditi Sharma.
The figures
On 2005 figures, the UK is the second largest governmental donor to HIV and Aids projects, yet its spending must increase by a third to deliver its fair share of the funds needed in 2007. Germany must increase its spending five-fold.
Canada needs to commit an extra US$134 million a year
France needs to commit an extra US$682 million a year
Germany needs to commit an extra US$895 million a year
Italy needs to commit an extra US$490 million a year
Japan needs to commit an extra US$1,947 million a year
The UK needs to commit an extra US$231 million a year
The US needs to commit an extra US$4,009 million a year
ENDS
Source: http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/149327/1/3319
* 18-19 May annual meeting of G8 finance ministers in Potsdam, Germany
G7 countries must immediately triple their annual HIV and Aids spend to the developing world, if they are to meet the historic Gleneagles commitment of prevention, treatment and care for all who need it by 2010, campaigners have warned.
The international anti-poverty agency ActionAid has written to the G7 finance ministers, who gather in Potsdam, Germany at the end of this week, urging them to fill the $8bn to $10bn annual funding gap that prevents a full-scale assault on the epidemic.
Although Aids is scheduled for discussion at June's G8 summit, it is not on the finance ministers' agenda this week. ActionAid is concerned that consequently pledges made at the 2005 G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, will never become reality.
ActionAid campaigner Nick Corby said: "It is the job of finance ministers to unlock funds. Our research shows just what a huge gap there is between what is needed and what is being delivered.
"The G8 cannot move on Aids without the finance being in place, and that requires a comprehensive funding plan that is long term, sustainable and predictable."
Two years on from Gleneagles, and with less than three weeks to go before the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, three quarters of people who need treatment in low and middle income countries are not receiving it. Nearly 90 per cent of HIV-positive pregnant women are still unable to get drugs that could prevent the virus being passed on to their child.
"Without proper funding, the world will not even make a dent in the appalling 8,000 Aids deaths a day and the 12,000 new HIV infections. Those statistics are a shocking indictment of the indifference of the world's richest countries to the suffering of millions," said the head of ActionAid's HIV and Aids campaign, Aditi Sharma.
The figures
On 2005 figures, the UK is the second largest governmental donor to HIV and Aids projects, yet its spending must increase by a third to deliver its fair share of the funds needed in 2007. Germany must increase its spending five-fold.
Canada needs to commit an extra US$134 million a year
France needs to commit an extra US$682 million a year
Germany needs to commit an extra US$895 million a year
Italy needs to commit an extra US$490 million a year
Japan needs to commit an extra US$1,947 million a year
The UK needs to commit an extra US$231 million a year
The US needs to commit an extra US$4,009 million a year
ENDS
Source: http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/149327/1/3319
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