Macron urges international donors to pledge $14 bln to tackle AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis

Record ID: 1436072

  • 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: "The coming months and years are definitive in this fight. Not only do we not have the right to take a step backwards, but we have the possibility to eradicate these diseases, to save 16 million lives in the coming years, to prevent 234 million infections, and to eradicate by 2023 these diseases. This is why I call on everyone here - countries, the private sector - to join us in accelerating (this fight). It is this morning that the clock starts ticking, and past that when we will meet the expectations of history, and of our responsibility."
  • 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
  • Reuters ID: LVA005B0ILQO7
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  • Story Text: PART VIDEO QUALITY AS INCOMING
    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.
    (Production: Michaela Cabrera)
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