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HIV/AIDS funding comes from various sources; from governments, multilateral organisations like the Global Fund, national governments and private organisations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations. In recent years, efforts to fight AIDS around the world have stepped up, with much greater funding being supplied by the US, other rich nations and developing country governments. However, the amount of money available has remained short of what is needed for an effective response and in 2009 the increase in funding seen in previous years was not repeated. In 2009, there was a funding shortfall of US$10 billion, with unprecedented changes to the Global Fund and its funding Rounds in 2011.
Certain prominent international organisations, such as World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNAIDS, do not provide funding but coordinate and monitor global HIV and AIDS treatment, care and prevention efforts. WHO routinely issues guidelines to help countries achieve the highest attainable standards when addressing HIV and AIDS issues, including guidelines on when to begin antiretroviral treatment for people living with HIV. UNAIDS monitors the global HIV and AIDS epidemic through an annual reporting system and the release of annual reports on the global AIDS epidemic and other HIV and AIDS issues.
From here you can find detailed information about the HIV/AIDS funding process: from national, multilateral, private and domestic funding sources, all the way through to the country recipients. Inequalities in the distribution of funds, examples of a typical funding chain, and insights into the funding mechanisms and challenges of multilateral funding organisations can also be found in ‘HIV/AIDS Money Topics’.