Combating Aids, tuberculosis and malaria: Community contribution to the Global Fund

PURPOSE : to provide a legal base for the European Community's contribution to the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. CONTENT : The Global fund, set up by the United Nations, is intended to establish an innovative public/private partnership and fund to tackle these three distinct diseases. The Commission recommemds that a contribution of EUR 120 million be made to the Global Fund, of which EUR 60 million comes from the European Community budget and EUR 60 million from the EDF. The contribution from the budget covers the years 2001 and 2002. EUR 50 million will be transferred from the Fisheries budget line and EUR 10 million from the ALA budgetlines. The European Community's contribution will be drawn from budget-line B7-6211 (poverty related diseaes, in particular tuberculosis and malaria). This will require a transfer within Heading 4 of the financial perspectives.�