The Government of Sweden is extending an additional SEK35,000,000 (about $5 million) to an Asian development Bank (ADB)-administered trust fund, which is helping combat the spread of HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific.
The new assistance, which will be released in three installments from 2010 to 2012, follows Sweden’s initial contribution of about $14.3 million equivalent to the Cooperation Fund for Fighting HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, which was established in 2005, the Manila-based ADB said in a statement Monday.
The latest commitment from Sweden brings its total contribution to the fund to about $19.3 million.
“The fund is an important instrument for helping ADB’s developing member countries implement effective responses to HIV/AIDS,” said Tadashi Kondo, Head of ADB’s office of co-financing operations.
“It has supported increased dialogue and partnerships, resulting in more focused and results-oriented interventions,” Kondo added.
HIV/AIDS remains a serious scourge across much of Asia and the Pacific, with estimates that around 4.9 million people in Asia alone are living with the virus.
The HIV prevalence is increasing in such low-prevalence countries as Armenia, Bangladesh, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, the Philippines and Tajikistan in recent years, with women and girls particularly vulnerable.
ADB has been helping developing member countries tackle the epidemic on many fronts, and is currently embarking on a new strategic response to focus on systematic prevention of HIV/AIDS risks in infrastructure projects, region-wide activities, cost-effective interventions targeted at those most at risk, and policy dialogue, the bank said.
The fund is a multi-donor facility which provides grants to help countries push forward national and regional initiatives to combat the epidemic through evidence-based interventions, leverage new financing, and support pilot demonstration projects for up-scaling and replication using cost-effective and evidence-based good practices.
It works in partnership and complements the work of other major development agencies. — VS, GMANews.TV
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
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