This edition of the HIV Update takes a comprehensive look at global HIV financing.

The pressure of the current world economic crisis is beginning to affect the amount donors are willing/able to provide in international aid.

HIV funding is not immune to this and is coming under increasing scrutiny from a number of angles. The lead article of this edition looks at the impact of the global financial crisis on the worldwide response.

The Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is the largest single donor to national HIV programming in the world.

The other articles of this edition look at IPPF’s relationship with the Global Fund and the growth in capacity of IPPF Member Associations to become a national partner in the response to HIV and access Global Fund support.