Fact Sheet: U.S. Funding for International Effort Against Disease

22 May 2001

Fact Sheet: U.S. Funding for International Effort Against Disease

U.S. leads in contributions to international disease efforts

The U.S. State Department released a fact sheet May 18 detailing the contributions made by the U.S. government in the international effort to combat the infectious diseases HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The document states that the U.S. has provided more than $1,600 million to help developing countries cope with the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

The following terms are used in the text:

Billion: 1,000 million

USAID: U.S. Agency for International Development

USG: U.S. government

Following is the text of the fact sheet:

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Office of Emerging Infectious Diseases
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental Scientific Affairs (OES)
U.S. Department of State

USG International Funding For HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis Malaria

The United States Government is the largest bilateral donor of HIV/AIDS assistance, providing nearly 50% of all international HIV/AIDS funding. Since 1986, through USAID alone, the U.S. Government has dedicated over $1.6 billion for the prevention and mitigation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the developing world.

--Total United States bilateral international assistance for HIV/AIDS prevention in FY 01 is nearly $466 million, largely through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Labor.

--The U.S., through USAID, is the largest single donor to UNAIDS, providing approximately $16 million per year, or 25% of the agency's total budget.

--At the same time, the U.S. Government funding for international tuberculosis and malaria is also growing in response to these burgeoning epidemics.

--In FY 2001, funds for international assistance for TB programs nearly tripled from about $20 million to nearly $60 million. In addition, CDC provides technical assistance for TB programs in key countries around the world.

--Funding for international malaria programs has also increased considerably, nearly doubling in FY 2001 to about $50 million through USAID. At the same time, funding for international malaria programs at CDC totals close to $13 million per year.

HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Research Programs:

--The National Institutes of Health's budget in FY 01 for HIV/AIDS research totals $2.2 billion. Over $100 million of this amount will be spent in FY 01 specifically on international HIV/AIDS research.

--CDC research programs in FY 01 total $848 million in HIV/AIDS prevention research. For FY 02 that budget is expected to increase to $871 million.

--The U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) Military HIV Prevention and Treatment Research program spends $26 million in FY 01 on research for prevention and treatment protocols to enhance efforts to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. This includes a large effort in vaccine research.

--The DOD is also one of the leaders in malaria vaccine research, with a budget of $8 million per year. In addition, DOD works closely with USAID, which contributes $4 million to the malaria vaccine effort.

--The NIH budget for TB research in FY 01 is $84 million, and $69.3 million for malaria research.

--The U.S. Agency for International Development spends approximately 10% of its HIV/AIDS budget on research, to identify new strategies to prevent HIV/AIDS.

--The President's FY 02 budget reflects his commitment to helping those with HIV/AIDS and working to find a cure to HIV/AIDS. The Bush Administration has proposed an FY 02 increase in HIV/AIDS bilateral international assistance to $480 million, a 113% increase over FY 2000 levels.

--The Bush Administration has requested a $258 million increase in HIV/AIDS research for FY 02, bringing the total HIV/AIDS budget request to $2.5 billion.

--The Bush Administration budget request proposes doubling funding for NIH by 2003 and provides an increase of $2.8 billion in 2002--the largest dollar increase in NIH history. This includes a 13% increase for the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease, (NIAID) the Institute within NIH that oversees HIV/AIDS research.

--In FY 2002, the Administration also supports a continuation of increased funding for international TB and malaria programs.

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