Global and Multilateral Partnerships

Ireland ’s support to and engagement with global HIV and AIDS initiatives forms a critical component of its overall HIV response.

Irish Aid collaborates with the following key global partners: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, The Clinton Foundation, UNAIDS, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative and the International Partnership for Microbicides.

The Global Fund is the single biggest recipient of Irish Aid’s HIV and communicable diseases funding and Irish Aid’s partnership with the Clinton Foundation HIV and AIDS Initiative has enabled it to scale up funding for specific country responses in Mozambique and Lesotho. Ireland works with UNAIDS at global, regional and country levels and supports its efforts to strengthen national country responses to HIV and AIDS.

In recognition of the need for increased investment to accelerate the research and development of new prevention technologies Irish Aid is funding both the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative and the International Partnership for Microbicides to advance research into these much-needed preventive technologies.

By engaging with these initiatives Ireland’s efforts towards poverty alleviation, health, HIV reduction and the Millennium Development Goals may be realised. Their contribution is seen in the increasing number of men, women and children accessing HIV prevention, treatment and care services.