March 24, 2010
Global Fund seeks cash to fight AIDS, TB, malaria
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 1 MIN.
A global group funding the battle against AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in impoverished nations worldwide is urging donors to keep paying for the fight even as the economic crisis forces budget cuts.
The Global Fund is outlining the lifesaving work it can finance in developing countries from 2011-13 if donors pledge $13 billion, $17 billion or $20 billion.
Pledges will be made at an Oct. 5 conference at U.N. headquarters.
The fund's executive director Michel Kazatchkine told The Associated Press on Wednesday he is "very concerned" that the global economic meltdown could make rich countries scale back their contributions.
But he says the fund's success over the past eight years against the killer diseases makes it clear the effort is saving millions of lives.
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.
