UK pledges $1.6 billion to the Global Fund
23 September 2013 - New York - UK Development Secretary Justine Greening has announced a UK contribution of US $1.6 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for the next three years. This amount makes the UK the second largest donor to the Fund, after the United States, and provides a leap forward towards the Fund's target of securing US $15 billion.
"This is great news for global efforts to scale up the fight
against tuberculosis (TB)," said Dr Lucica Ditiu, Executive
Secretary of the Stop TB Partnership. "Success in TB is closely
linked to the success of the Fund's resource replenishment."
The
Global Fund has asked donors to contribute US $15 billion over
the next three years to enable it to finance AIDS, TB and
malaria programmes globally. The Fund says this amount is needed
to ensure continued progress in the fight against the three
diseases. The Global Fund finances more that three quarters of
all international funding for TB programmes globally. Earlier
this month, the Nordic countries collectively pledged US $750
million for the Fund, another large increase.
Read more on the Global Fund website
Source:
Stop TB Partnership
