The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 273 No 7309 p107
24 July 2004

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UK government pledges £154m to Global Fund

The Government has announced a pledge of £154m to the Global Fund, to help combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in developing countries. The money, which will be given over the next three years, effectively doubles the existing pledge for 2005–07.

The announcement follows calls for increased donor commitment to the fund last week at the International AIDS Conference in Bangkok. It is estimated that HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention will cost $20bn (£10.8m) globally by 2007, and the Global Fund is expected to provide a major portion of this money.

Additional funding has also been promised for the UK AIDS strategy.

Details of the work of the Global Fund can be accessed here