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Pledges for AIDS, TB, malaria hit $14 billion target: Global Fund CEO
LYON, Oct 10, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Governments, businesses and philanthropists
pledged just over $14 billion on Thursday to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria, exceeding the targeted amount, its chief executive
Peter Sands announced.
Beside French President Emmanuel Macron, who hosted the replenishment
conference and had urged governments to open their wallets wide, Sands said
the target was even slightly exceeded, reaching $14.02 billion. The fund says
the money will help save 16 million lives and avert 234 million infections by
2023.
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