PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE (26 November 1998)

That this House congratulates the Government for being the first to contribute financially to the International Aids Vaccine Initiative; recognises that over 30 million people around the world are living with HIV and 11.7 million are already dead, and that 8,500 are becoming infected every day; notes that over 90 per cent of cases are in developing countries, whereas of all the money currently spent on HIV and AIDS treatment, prevention and research only 1 per cent is being spent on HIV vaccine development; therefore asks for significantly more weight to be given to AIDS vaccine development; and calls on the Government through the G8 to persuade all Western governments to contribute substantially to the research so that AIDS can be controlled for the next generation.

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Baroness Tonge (Non-affiliated)