White House Releases Fiscal Year 2012 President's Budget Request

On February 14, 2011 President Obama submitted the Fiscal 2012 (FY 12) budget request to
Congress, outlining the administration's budget priorities including proposed funding for the
International Affairs Account (150). According to the President, the FY 12 budget request
focuses on an integrated approach to solving global problems through investments in civilian
diplomatic and development in alignment with defense, while mutually reinforcing elements of
President Obama’s National Security Strategy and the Presidential Policy Directive. The
President’s Budget proposes $47 billion for the Department of State and USAID, excluding costs
for Overseas Contingency Operations, a 1 percent increase from 2010.

Global health programs received a total of $8.716 billion split between the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) Global Health and Child Survival Account (USAID-GHCS) and
the Department of State's Global Health and Child Survival Account (State- GHCS), which
represents a $203 million increase over the Fiscal year 2011 (FY 11) President’s request. The
President’s request for USAID-GHCS was $3.074 billion, representing a $60 million increase over
the FY 11 request of $3.013 billion. The request for State-GHCS was $5.642 billion, representing
a $142 million increase over the FY 11 request of $8.513 billion. Within these larger accounts,
specific global health funding is specified below:

USAID-GHCS Maternal and Child Health: $846 million (FY 11 Presidential request: $700
million)
USAID-GHCS Nutrition: $150 million (FY 2011 Presidential request $200 million)
Family Planning/Reproductive Health: $625.6 million to USAID-GHCS Family
Planning/Reproductive Health and $47.5 million in contributions to the United Nations
Population Fund through International Organizations and Programs (FY 11 Presidential
request $590 million through USAID-GHCS Family Planning/Reproductive Health and
$50 million in contributions to the United Nations Population Fund through
International Organizations and Programs
USAID-GHCS Malaria: $691 million (FY 11 President's request: $680 million)
USAID-GHCS Tuberculosis: $236 million (FY 11 President's request was $230 million)
USAID-GHCS Neglected Tropical Diseases: $100 million (FY 2011 President's request:
$155 million)
USAID Global AIDS Program: $350 million (FY 2011 President’s request: $350 million)
State-GHCS: $5.642 billion including $1.0 billion in contributions to the Global Fund* (FY
11 President's Request: $5.5 billion)

Further action on FY 12 global health funding levels is not expected for approximately six weeks
while the House and Senate Budget Committees draft their Committee Reports. In the mean
time, Congress will act on FY 11 global health funding levels by March 4, 2011 when the current
Continuing Resolution is set to expire.
*Separate from this request, the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health budget includes an
additional contribution of $300 million to the Global Fund