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| Subject: Nonchalant with OPM: Obama Pledges Billions for AIDS Fight Tue Dec 03, 2013 3:13 am | |
| President Barack Obama pledged up to $5 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, offering to match $1 for every $2 in contributions from other countries or other donors to the Geneva-based global health financier. The amount the U.S. is giving the Global Fund is higher than in the past, but it is unclear if total U.S. spending on AIDS and other diseases is going up, because the U.S. also funds a large bilateral program whose funding has been cut since 2010. The U.S. gave the Global Fund $8.5...
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303670804579234330093152414 |
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