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Reflecting On Global Fund's Decade Of Accomplishment, Looking Forward To Challenges Ahead
"This week marks the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria -- the world's most powerful tool for improving health -- at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland," Natasha Bilimoria, president of Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, writes in this post in the AlertNet "Insight" blog. During an announcement at the WEF on Wednesday that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will donate an additional $750 million to the Global Fund, Bill Gates said, "By supporting the Global Fund, we can help to change the fortunes of the poorest countries in the world," Bilimoria says, writing, "He's right. ... In total, the Global Fund is responsible for saving the lives of roughly 4,400 people every day."
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