Uganda: HIV Infection
(asked on 2nd June 2023) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) implications for his policies of trends in HIV/AIDS infections in Uganda and (b) adequacy of the impact of UK funded work in that field in that country.
Answered by
Andrew Mitchell
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
The UK is the third largest donor to the Global Fund, having contributed £4.4 billion since its inception. Last year, the UK committed to providing a further £1 billion over three years to the Global Fund which will help to reach three million members of key populations, including LGBT+ groups, worldwide with prevention programmes.
The UK is helping to tackle HIV/AIDS in Uganda by providing targeted prevention, testing and treatment services through the Global Fund which procures 30 percent of HIV medicines used in Uganda. The UK's focus is on prevention, equity and stronger health systems, alongside championing human rights.
We are proud to have played a strong role in shaping the progressive Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Global AIDS Strategy "Ending Inequalities" 2021-26 setting an ambitious UN target to end AIDS by 2030.