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Global Fund, China Agree To Cut $95M From Grants For Health Programs In The Country
"The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced on Monday that it will withhold $95 million from the $270 million in grants it had planned to give China" after "months of discussion between the charity and Chinese officials," China Daily reports (Shan, 10/31). Global Fund spokesperson Jon Liden "said ... that during recent discussions, China moved to take over most training expenses and other costs that allowed the saving of about $95 million from unpaid grants," the Associated Press writes (10/31).
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