South Asia: HIV Infection

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what resources his Department provided to help reduce the spread of HIV and AIDS in South and South East Asia in each of the last five years.

Mr. Douglas Alexander
Details of bilateral financial resources provided by DFID to help reduce the spread of HIV and AIDS in South and South East Asia, in each of the last five financial years, are given in the following table. Final figures for 2007-08 are not yet available.

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|£000           |
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|               |2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|
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|South Asia     |25,411|31,019|53,174|60,944|74,944|
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|South East Asia|4,223|8,451|12,612|26,998|26,796|
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|Total          |29,634|39,470|65,786|87,942|101,740|
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DFID also provides multilateral assistance to a range of organisations, some of which is used to fight HIV and AIDS in South and South East Asia, including: the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM); the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) and other UN organisations; the European Commission and the World Bank.