International donors pledge $14 bln to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis at Lyon summit

Record ID: 1436017

  • Title: International donors pledge $14 bln to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis at Lyon summit
  • Date: 10th October 2019
  • Summary: LYON, FRANCE (OCTOBER 10, 2019) (REUTERS) FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, POSING WITH MICROSOFT FOUNDER, BILL GATES, U2 SINGER, BONO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA, PETER SANDS, AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS AT FUNDRAISING SUMMIT MACRON TALKING TO BONO AND GATES
  • Embargoed: 24th October 2019 16:28
  • Keywords: malaria world health TB vaccines Macron Bill Gates Bono tuberculosis PrEP AIDS Peter Sands
  • Location: LYON, FRANCE / JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA / OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO / HOMA BAY, KENYA
  • City: LYON, FRANCE / JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA / OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO / HOMA BAY, KENYA
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Overseas Development Aid,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001B0INFIF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CAN BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH 4159-FRANCE-AIDS/SUMMIT-MACRON, WHICH HAS SOUNDBITES OF MACRON URGING COUNTRIES AND PRIVATE SECTOR TO DONATE
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    International donors pledged $14 billion to fight diseases including AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis on Thursday (October 10) at a Global Fund summit in the French city of Lyon.
    "We have today secured pledges for 14.02 billion dollars. So we are absolutely thrilled by this," Global Fund executive director Peter Sands told the event.
    Speaking at the end of the summit, French President Emmanuel Macron named Japan as lagging behind other G7 nations and Saudi Arabia for being behind other Gulf States in their contributions.
    Personalities at the event included Microsoft founder Bill Gates and U2 pop star Bono.
    Gates told the summit about new developments in preventing the spread of HIV, with a monthly antiretroviral pill in development.
    Bono criticised populism in a speech to participants, saying: "You peddle despair, we offer some hope. You peddle division - we offer some unity."
    The Global Fund Replenishment Conference has set a goal of preventing 234 million infections related to the three diseases by 2023.
    According to the World Health Organization, there were 37.9 million people living with HIV/AIDS across the globe in 2018.
    (Production: Kathryn Carlson, Noemie Olive)
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