The adequacy of policy responses to the treatment needs of South Africans living with HIV (1999-2008): a case study

Table 2 Internal resources available for HIV/AIDS: South Africa, 2000-2008

	Year
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
National government	-	-	-	352	453	396	433	456	970
National conditional grants to provinces	-	-	-	333	782	1135	1567	1646	1735
Provincial governments	-	-	-	284	365	514	874	1088	1225
Total (ZAR million)^a	214	348	1000	970	1600	2045	2874	3190	3930
$/ZAR exchange rate^b	6.96	8.62	10.53	7.57	6.48	6.38	6.79	7.07	8.30
Total ($ million)	30.7	40.37	94.96	128.13	246.91	320.53	423.27	451.20	473.49
GDP ($ billion)^c	132.88	118.48	110.88	166.65	216.44	242.06	254.99	277.58	n/a
SA government resources as a % of GDP	0.02	0.03	0.08	0.07	0.11	0.13	0.16	0.16	n/a

Sources: See below.
Notes:
^aNational Treasury, National and Provincial Budgets. http://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/default.aspx for relevant years (Accessed 2 June 2009) and National Department of Health. Pretoria; National Department of Health. Values for 2000-2002 were only given in aggregate and not broken down by method of delivery.
^bOanda FXHistory: Historical Currency Exchange Rates. http://www.oanda.com/convert/fxhistory (Accessed 2 June 2009). The yearly value was calculated by taking the daily interbank rate for each day in each year and averaged.
^cWorld Bank, World Development Indicators. http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,contentMDK:21725423~pagePK:64133150~piPK:64133175~theSitePK:239419,00.html (Accessed 2 June 2009). South African GDP converted into $ equivalents.