- Title: Macron welcomes world leaders in Lyon for Global Fund summit
- Date: 9th October 2019
- Summary: LYON, FRANCE (OCTOBER 9, 2019) (AGENCY POOL) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON GREETING AND POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH SUMMIT DONORS, INCLUDING MUSICIAN BONO, BILLIONAIRE PHILANTHROPIST, AND FASHION DESIGNER OLIVIER ROUSTEING (BEHIND MACRON AND BONO) MACRON SHAKING HANDS WITH DONORS VARIOUS OF MACRON AND DONORS POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS MACRON GREETING MALTA PRIME MINISTER, JOSEPH MUSCAT, ON RED CARPET MACRON AND MUSCAT WALKING, SHAKING HANDS AND POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPH MACRON GREETING PRESIDENT OF MADAGASCAR, ANDEY RAJOELINA MACRON AND RAJOELINA SHAKING HANDS, POSING FOR PHOTO ON RED CARPET, RAJOELINA WALKING INTO LYON CITY HALL MACRON GREETING PRESIDENT OF CENTRAL AFRICA FAUSTIN-ARCHANGE TOUADERA MACRON AND TOUADERA POSING FOR PHOTO, SHAKING HANDS MACRON WELCOMING PRESIDENT OF BURKINA-FASO, CHRISTIAN KABORE MACRON AND KABORE WALKING ON RED CARPET, SHAKING HANDS AND POSING FOR PHOTO MACRON GREETING PRESIDENT OF NIGER, MAHAMADOU ISSOUFOU, AND FIRST LADY OF NIGER, LALLA MALIKA ISSOFOU MACRON AND ISSOUFOUS POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPH, MACRON SHAKING PRESIDENT ISSOUFOU'S HAND MACRON GREETING KING OF SWAZILAND MSWATI III ON RED CARPET MACRON AND MSWATI III POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPH, SHAKING HANDS MACRON WELCOMING PRESIDENT OF CAMEROON, PAUL BIYA, AND FIRST LADY OF CAMEROON, CHANTAL BIYA MACRON AND PRESIDENT BIYA SHAKING HANDS, MACRON AND BIYAS POSING FOR PHOTO, ENTERING LYON CITY HALL BUILDING
- Embargoed: 23rd October 2019 20:31
- Keywords: AIDS malaria tuberculosis Emmanuel Macron Global fund replenishment conference
- Location: LYON, FRANCE
- City: LYON, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Health/Medicine
- Reuters ID: LVA001B0DO093
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Heads of state, CEO's and NGO leaders arrived in Lyon in central France on Wednesday (October 9) to join a summit organised by French president Macron to seek $14 billion to eradicate aids, tuberculosis and malaria.
Niger president Mahamadou Issoufou, Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina and Cameroon President Paul Biya were among the heads of state to arrive at the Lyon City Hall for the Global Fund Replenishment Conference.
U.S. philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates are also joining the summit, which expects around 1,000 delegates.
More than $12 billion were collected at the last Global Fund conference in 2016, held in Canada.
Last June, Macron said more had to be done to battle AIDS, and save at least 16 million people around the world. The fund aims to avert 234 million infections by 2023 and support countries in getting back on track to end HIV, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics.
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