Fulfilment of a Fair Contribution to the HIV Response

Aiming at mobilizing the required resources for ending the AIDS epidemic as stated in target 3.3 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and taking into account additional efforts by developing countries to increase domestic financing differentiated by income levels, we can conclude that economically privileged countries should contribute 50 % of the overall funding in 2015 and 40 % in 2020. For the member countries that joined DAC/OECD before 2005 these proportions translate to a minimum ratio of GNI of 0.025 % considering that financial resources need to be made available early in the implementation period in order to achieve the target. As mentioned above, the simple average of ODA grants made available by European DAC members for the HIV response had already reached this level in 2007 and 2008.

In 2013, however, only Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and Luxembourg reached this target ratio, while United Kingdom and Ireland contribute well over 90 % and indeed exceeded the required level in recent years. On the other side, Germany and Switzerland provided less than a third of the necessary financial cooperation. And all European DAC members combined made available just half of what is needed.

Europe and especially the more advantaged countries with high economic capacity such as Germany should considerably enhance their levels of cooperation as this demonstration of human solidarity is indispensable for realizing the reduction of new HIV infections, AIDS-related deaths and social discrimination required to end the epidemic as a public health threat in any population or country.