HIV/AIDS Funding

Geneva-based agency to provide India with funds to prevent AIDS

Published in AIDS Weekly, March 1st, 2004

A Geneva-based fund said February 10, 2004, it was ready to give the Indian government US$26.1 million of assistance pledged toward its efforts to prevent the spread of AIDS.

About a year ago, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria pledged US$100 million to India to help fight AIDS. But disbursal was delayed by procedural hurdles.

On February 10, 2004, the Geneva-based body said it was ready to disburse the first tranche of US$26.1 million, to be spent over 2 years.

"This grant is intended to support India in its crucial phase of tackling the epidemic," Executive Director Richard Feachem said in a...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2004-03-01)

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