The Global Fund has approved significant funding for HIV/AIDS prevention and control programmes in Ethiopia. An agreement was signed on 9 October 2003 for over USD55 million to be disbursed over 2 years through the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office. The objectives of the proposal are to scale up and expand:

• Voluntary Counselling and Testing
• Clinical management of HIV (excluding antiretrovirals)
• Home based care
• Clinical management of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission
• Blood safety
• Prevention of nosocomial infections
• Information, Education and Communication, “Behaviour change communication” and promotion of condoms
• Capacity building
• Surveillance and operational research
• Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms⁶

An agreement for a further USD41 million for Round 4 of the project was signed on 11 February 2005. Palliative care is not mentioned in the proposals.