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Foreign Aid Report 2022

for Pakistan’s polio eradication program and AED middle-income nations. This strategic investment
36.7 million (USD 10.0 million) for Indonesia’s aims to bridge critical gaps by providing technical
battle against tuberculosis underscored this and financial support at national, regional, and
commitment. global tiers.Reiterating its allegiance to global
health alliances, the UAE earmarked AED 99.9
Moreover, recognizing the importance of million (USD 27.2 million) for the Global Fund. This
international collaboration in healthcare, the UAE gesture was emblematic of the UAE Government’s
contributed a significant AED 73.5 million (USD commitment to mitigating the threats posed by
20.0 million) to the newly established Financial HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria. Through these
Intermediary Fund (FIF) for Pandemic Prevention, nuanced health-centered endeavors in 2022,
Preparedness, and Response (PPR). Championed the UAE Government underscored a powerful
by the World Bank and steered by the World message: that health is not just an individual right
Health Organization, this fund has an ambitious but a collective endeavor.
vision of fortifying PPR capabilities across low- and

02 General Programme Assistance

In 2022, the General Programme Assistance commitment underscored the UAE’s strategic
Sector emerged as a significant priority for the intent to stabilize Yemen’s financial infrastructure,
UAE Government, closely following the Health recognizing the bank’s pivotal role in maintaining
Sector in terms of funding. Investments in this economic equilibrium and ensuring the country’s
sector totaled a considerable AED 1.24 billion resilience amidst prevailing challenges. Such
(USD 338.1 million), constituting nearly one-third targeted assistance not only reflects the UAE
of that year’s disbursements. A notable aspect Government’s comprehensive approach to
of this funding was its primary designation as foreign aid but also its dedication to fostering
general budgetary support, with a predominant stability and prosperity in the broader Middle East
focus on fortifying the Central Bank of Yemen. This region.

03 Commodity Aid

In 2022, the UAE Government showcased its Emergency food aid emerged as the cornerstone
robust commitment to humanitarian causes of this commitment, securing over 60% of the
through significant investments in Commodity total assistance designated for the Commodity
Aid. This segment includes pivotal areas such Aid sector. The AED 397.5 million (USD 108.2
as emergency food aid, emergency multi- million) allocated for this purpose extended its
sector aid, emergency shelter, non-food items reach across 17 nations, with Ethiopia, Somalia,
(NFIs), and household security programs. The and Yemen taking priority in the allocation matrix.
combined allocation to these projects amounted Ethiopia’s dire need for sustenance aid led it to
to AED 645.7 million (USD 175.8 million), which receive a substantial portion of this assistance.
constituted a significant 17% of the year’s total Specifically, over 60% of the emergency food
disbursements.