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Sequester Would Cut $380M From PEPFAR

Major cuts to federal spending—including HIV/AIDS funding—could begin March 1.

Published
26 February 2013
From
Poz magazine news
Finance and funding
'We will not cut HIV spending', say Barking and Dagenham Council

The council insists the amount spent on preventing and testing HIV - which affects one in 150 people - will not fall when the authority is given new public health spending responsibilities.

Published
25 February 2013
From
Barking and Dagenham Post
Global health initiatives
Desmond Tutu: End of AIDS a worthy legacy for Obama

The president made a bold claim in his State of the Union that the end of AIDS is within our reach. Now is not the time to pull back. We are in the endgame of AIDS and Obama can help the world triumph.

Published
21 February 2013
From
USA Today
Global health initiatives
U.S. Government's AIDS Relief Program Receives High Marks

A massive report released today by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has high praise for President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the U.S. government's 10-year-old effort to help 31 "partner countries" treat their HIV-infected people and slow the spread of the virus. The report also challenges PEPFAR to better monitor the impact of its assistance, more aggressively promote prevention efforts, and develop a "comprehensive plan" to help partner countries sustain the response with their own resources.

Published
21 February 2013
From
Science
Finance and funding
The Effect of Budget Sequestration on Global Health: Projecting the Human Impact in Fiscal Year 2013

Applying sequestration cuts to US government global health programming would have minimal impact on deficit reduction, but would be devastating to the lives of many thousands of people globally.

Published
19 February 2013
From
AmFAR
Finance and funding
Europe scales back research plans: leaders propose 13% cut to Horizon 2020 budget

The ambitious vision for Europe’s next research programme dimmed last week when heads of the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) agreed to slash the overall budget for 2014–20, at the end of a long and acrimonious meeting.

Published
15 February 2013
From
Nature
Global health initiatives
Obama Seeks 'AIDS-Free Generation' in State of the Union

Advocates applauded the inclusion of AIDS in the speech. However, they urged Obama not to make expected huge cuts to global HIV funding, which they claim would undermine the goal of an AIDS-free generation.

Published
14 February 2013
From
Poz magazine news
HIV prevention policy
London councils take steps to improve help for HIV in the capital

Leaders of London’s councils today agreed to take decisive action together to improve HIV prevention services in the capital. As they take on responsibility for public health, London boroughs have recognised that the HIV prevention activity they are inheriting is not meeting the needs of Londoners. They have today initiated joint work to improve future commissioning of such services.

Published
12 February 2013
From
London Councils press release
Finance and funding
Global health spending wanes, but abides, while not always following disease

Drops in donor spending on global health in 2011 were not as steep as expected and were part of a shift, that while reflecting the impact of the global economic crisis, also indicated recognition of the need to support health and health systems worldwide.

Published
12 February 2013
From
Science Speaks
Global health initiatives
Global Fund resumes funding of a full-scale HIV programme in Mali

The Executive Director of UNAIDS Michel Sidibé was in the Malian capital Bamako over the weekend. He was there to take part in a ceremony marking the reinstatement of funding by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for a full-scale HIV programme in Mali.

Published
12 February 2013
From
UNAIDS
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