AIDS, TB, malaria global fund raised over US$12.9 bn from donors
International donors have raised more than US$12.9 billion in global fund as part of the campaign to effectively eradicate AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 2030. Various governments, faith-based and private sector partners were asked by the Global Fund to raise US$13 billion at a donor conference in Montreal, Canada, called the “Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria”, to support its activities over the next three years, starting in 2017.
“We can declare success for we have saved the lives of 8 million people in the coming years,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said after attending the conference, which was attended by several heads of state, singer Bono, and Microsoft Corp co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates.
Trudeau also said that the attention generated by the conference “has ensured that the donations are going to continue to flow in” during the coming weeks and months.
The Global Fund is the world’s largest fund aimed at fighting the three diseases. It is credited with saving 20 million lives since its establishment in 2002.
“We have the knowledge and tools to end HIV, TB and malaria as epidemics by 2030, but we need to invest smartly and with focus to make it happen,” Mark Dybul, Global Fund executive director, said in a statement.
In August, the US, as the fund’s largest donor, has pledged to donate up to US$4.3 billion through 2019. The amount is subject to congressional approval.
AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis are believed to be the cause of death of 8,000 people every day.
