France to Contribute 300 Million Euros in 2007 to the Global Fund to Fight Aids
Publiée le : 03 January 2007
France’s contribution will make it the second biggest donor to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, close behind the USA.
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has outlined plans in response to the report by Professor Gentilini on "French health cooperation in the developing countries". The aim will be notably to enshrine health care as a fundamental right, to reinforce the collaborative efforts of institutions working in Africa, and to wage a veritable battle for access to treatment and drugs, involving private-sector actors as well as the key players and competent government departments.
In this area, France has favoured a multilateral approach. Today, with contributions of €225 million and €300 million in 2006 and 2007 respectively, it is the second biggest donor to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and set to become the second biggest donor to the GAVI Alliance (global alliance for vaccines and immunisation), with a pledge of €100 million annually over the next 20 years. It is also the founder of the International Drug Purchase Facility, UNITAID/IDPF. To coordinate these different programmes, on 15 May 2006, the Ministry set up the Alliance for Development, partnering the Institut Pasteur and French Development Agency (AFD) with the corporate giants Sanofi-Aventis and Veolia in the first public-private initiative of its kind.
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