The sum is however lower than the objective of 18 billion set by the institution, which wants to put an end to these deadly diseases by 2030.
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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said on Wednesday, September 21, it had raised a record $14.2 billion. “What we have witnessed today is an unprecedented mobilization for global health”said in New York the executive director of the institution.
“We are talking about 14.2 billion US dollars, without two of the largest donors to the Fund, whose pledges we expect in due course”he added in reference to Italy and the United Kingdom.
“We will surely be around 16 billion, that will not be the objective set”, calculated the president of the French association Aides, Camille Spire, present in New York. The Fund had set a target of $18 billion to end these deadly diseases by 2030.
“On the ground, this will mean fewer screening campaigns, less treatment, less funding for community health centers than was hoped”explained Camille Spire, saying to herself “angry”. “While some count their pennies, some count the dead”she added, pointing out that “every year, 650,000 people die of AIDS”. “The goal of ending the three pandemics by 2030 seems illusory”alerted Florence Thune, general manager of Sidaction.