pandemic now and by 2007, respectively.78 79 Global funding for HIV/AIDS in
lower income countries is considerably inadequate to support opportunities to
prevent new infections and improve the lives of those already infected.
UNAIDS projects that $4.4 billion will be needed globally for HIV/AIDS-related
care and support, and $4.8 billion will be needed for HIV/AIDS prevention.80
Similar estimates have been made by economists and policy makers of the
Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH)81 and the Global Fund on
AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM).82
A Sampling of Umbrella Categories
Research in 2000 for FCAA’s Voices From The Field publication revealed that many
grantmakers are utilizing an "integration strategy" to continue funding HIV/AIDS-related
issues in order to increase resource availability and to increase the potential for
sustained support. The integration strategy has allowed HIV/AIDS issues to be
subsumed under larger initiatives such as reproductive rights, community revitalization,
human rights, and global health.83 By subsuming HIV/AIDS grants under other funding
categories, foundations are finding creative ways to continue funding this critical issue.
The majority of AIDS grants have been integrated under broader, longstanding
categories such as health, population, and youth development. Funding for HIV/AIDS
can fall into a variety of categories including medical research, medical care, education
and public awareness, social services, public policy, civil rights, international and
developing country concerns. Following are examples of umbrella categories under
which HIV/AIDS programs have been subsumed in major foundations that fund
HIV/AIDS-related issues.
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