The U.S. Agency for International Development recently held its final quarterly business forecast conference call for 2021, which looks forward to the first quarter of 2022.
The call reported that USAID spent $26.9 billion through assistance and acquisition in the fiscal year ending September 2021. However, this figure was boosted by heavy spending on COVID-19 vaccines as part of an interagency agreement with the Department of Defense.
Among the sectors, health remains the priority, with 40 opportunities under global health worth $18.9 billion and 10 HIV/AIDS programs worth $525 million. More than half of the funding for HIV/AIDS programs will come from the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.