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Donors Pledges 9.7 Million to Fight AIDS, TB, Malaria
The yield of the three-day donor conference in Berlin exceeded expectations as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria had hoped to secure about eight billion dollars.
"This is a great day for global health. I am grateful to all the governments who are here today and those who will pledge in future," Annan told reporters.
The event saw France pledge 900 million euros (1.2 billion dollars), Germany 600 million euros and Spain 424 million euros, nearly tripling Madrid's current contribution levels to the fight the diseases that claim six million lives a year.
"The response is a recognition of the good work of the fund," German Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul said.
The Global Fund says it needs 12 to 18 billion dollars between 2008 and 2010 to maintain its current treatment programmes and initiate new ones over the coming three years.
It will reach the lower end of that target if the United States contributes an expected pledge of 2.172 billion dollars. Canada, Japan and private donors have promised to top up the fund further for its upcoming three-year cycle.
Yet Annan had earlier urged donors to do even better.
He said they should quadruple their backing to ensure that the fund's programmes can keep pace with the alarming rate at which AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria spread.
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