G8 AIDS pledge falls short
The G8 committed to spend sixty billion dollars over five years on funding programs for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. But several groups say the pledge falls short of required needs and exists mostly of funds that have already been announced.
Steve Cockburn of the Stop Aids Campaign said:
“While lives will be saved with more money for Aids, this represents a cap on ambition that will ultimately cost millions more lives.
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