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| Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes closing remarks to the Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in Montreal, Quebec, Canada September 17, 2016. Reuters/Christinne Muschi |
A global fund has raised
over US$12.9 billion from international donors as part of a campaign aimed at
effectively eradicating AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis by 2030, conference
organizers said on Saturday.
Reuters
report continues:
The
Global Fund asked government, faith-based and private-sector partners to raise
a total of US$13 billion at a donor conference in Montreal 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 told reporters after
attending the conference, which drew several heads of state, singer Bono and
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O)
co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates.
The
attention generated by the conference "has ensured that the donations are
going to continue to flow in" during the coming weeks and months, Trudeau
said.
The
Global Fund, the world's largest aimed at fighting the three diseases, is
credited with saving 20 million lives since it was established 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, the fund's executive director, said in a statement.
The
United States, the fund's largest donor, in August pledged up to US$4.3 billion
through 2019. The amount is subject to congressional approval.
The three diseases targeted
by the fund are believed to kill more than 8,000 people a day.
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