全球艾滋病援助资金出现下滑

全球艾滋病援助资金出现下滑
来源：科技日报 2011年08月18日00:03
　本报纽约8月16日电（记者卞晨光）联合国艾滋病规划署今天发布的一份研究分析报告说，由于美国的捐助款大幅减少，发达国家在2010年为帮助中低收入国家应对艾滋病而提供的资金数额整体下滑了10%。报告就此呼吁国际社会的捐助方切实兑现援助承诺，避免抗击艾滋病的关键行动和措施受到影响和制约。

　　联合国的这份报告是由艾滋病规划署与凯撒家庭基金会共同完成的，报告显示，接受调研的15个主要捐助国在2010年总共为中低收入国家捐助了69亿美元的资金，支持这些发展中国家开展艾滋病的预防、治疗、护理及配套设施建设等相关行动，这一数字与2009年相比减少了7.4亿美元。报告强调，如果按照本国货币计算，澳大利亚、德国、荷兰、挪威、西班牙、瑞典和美国7个主要捐助国的艾滋病援助捐款在去年均出现了下降。尽管丹麦小幅提升了用于抗击艾滋病的捐款额度，但由于受到汇率波动的影响，其实际捐献出来的资金仍低于2009年的水平。

　　根据研究报告的统计，美国是目前世界上最大的艾滋病防治资金捐助国，其2009年和2010年由政府批准的相关援助资金均达到55亿美元左右，相当于全球捐助总额的54%。然而，由于美国国会出台了新的援助资金支付规定，其实际的放款数额从2009年的44亿美元下降到了2010年的37亿美元，剩余部分可能将推迟到下一个财政年度再发放。

　　联合国艾滋病规划署表示，在今年6月举行的联大艾滋病问题高级别会议上，各国政府曾承诺推动全球抗击艾滋病行动并填补资金缺口，到2015年时将每年为中低收入国家投入的艾滋病防治资金提高到220亿至240亿美元。鉴于目前承诺资金与实际需求之间仍存在着巨大的差距，各国应切实采取行动，如期兑现所承诺的发展援助资金。

　　(科技日报)

　　作者：卞晨光

Source: Science and Technology Daily at 00:03 on August 18, 2011
NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (Xinhua correspondent Bianchen Guang) UNAIDS today published a research analysis report, because the United States significantly reduced donor contributions, developed in 2010 to help provide low-income countries to respond to AIDS the overall amount of funds fell 10%. Report this appeal to the international donor community to effectively deliver aid commitments, to avoid the fight against AIDS, the key actions and measures would be affected and constrained.

UN report by UNAIDS and the Kaiser Family Foundation completed, the report shows, to accept research that 15 major donors in 2010 in low-income countries contribute a total of $ 6.9 billion in funds to support these developments countries to carry out AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support facilities and other related actions, compared to 2009 this figure decreased by 7.4 billion dollars. The report stresses, according to the national currency, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United States seven major donors of aid donations last year were HIV has declined. Despite the slight upgrade in Denmark for the amount of contributions to the fight against AIDS, but due to exchange rate fluctuations, the actual donated funds is still below the 2009 level.

According to the report's statistics, the U.S. is the world's largest AIDS donor funding, the 2009 and 2010 related to assistance by the government-approved funds were about $ 5.5 billion, equivalent to 54% of total global donations. However, the U.S. Congress introduced a new aid disbursement of funds provided, the actual loan amount from $ 4.4 billion in 2009 fell to $ 3.7 billion in 2010, the rest may be postponed until the next financial year and then released.

UNAIDS said that in June this year at the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS, governments pledged to promote global action to fight AIDS and to fill the funding gap by 2015 will be invested each year for low and middle income countries, the AIDS funds to 22 billion to 24 billion U.S. dollars. Given the current commitment of funds between the actual needs of a huge gap still exists, countries should take concrete actions to be honored by the commitment to development aid.

(Technology News)

Author: Bian Chenguang