The European Commission is to allocate an extra E22 million (approximately $22 million or £14.6 million) to HIV programmes targeting young people in resource limited countries.
The funding is aimed primarily at the HIV prevention, care and treatment needs of younger people, and will in particular focus on the requirements of young women.
Last year the European Commission adopted an action plan to fight HIV, malaria and tuberculosis in the developing world, and this cash is the latest funding to be allocated to the plan.
Money will go to fund HIV education programmes which “tak[e] into account the constraints of the socio-economic and cultural context.” Improving access to health care and addressing the particular prevention needs of young women were also identified by the European Commission as targets for its cash.
It is anticipated that a range of government, private and national and international non-governmental organisations will provide the European Commission funded services and a tender process will be launched shortly.
More information on the European Commission’s development work can be found here.