Macron urges international donors to pledge $14 bln to tackle AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis
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1436071
Macron urges international donors to pledge $14 bln to tackle AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis
- Title: Macron urges international donors to pledge $14 bln to tackle AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis
- Date: 10th October 2019
- Summary: LYON, FRANCE (OCTOBER 10, 2019) (AGENCY POOL) (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON, SAYING: "There is no choice. There is too much responsibility expected of us, there are too many children - who don't want our charity, who don't want figures, who don't want just a day in Lyon. They want to have a normal life. They want to be a lover of someone they want. They want to be able to have a job, to carry out their studies, simply, to live. This is what we are talking about. So we will make it. Surprise us. Act. Help us. Thank you." / APPLAUSE, SOME GIVING MACRON A STANDING OVATION MACRON SHAKING HANDS WITH INVITEES
- Embargoed: 24th October 2019 10:58
- Keywords: AIDS pledge Macron Global Fund replenishment
- Location: LYON, FRANCE/ OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO/ RWAMAGANA, EASTERN PROVINCE, RWANDA / JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
- City: LYON, FRANCE/ OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO/ RWAMAGANA, EASTERN PROVINCE, RWANDA / JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
- Country: France
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International donors are set to pledge $14 billion on Thursday to combating AIDS, said French President Emmanuel Macron.
"I will not let anyone leave this room nor leave Lyon as long as the 14 billion dollars is not raised," he told a gathering in Lyon, adding that France would commit close to $1.5 billion.
He urged G7 countries, Gulf states and the private sector to contribute to the Global Fund that will go towards improving maternal health, reproductive health and universal health care in developing countries with high prevalence of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
The Global Fund Replenishment Conference has set a goal of preventing 234 million infections related to these diseases by 2023.
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