UK Pledges Â£1.5b to Fight HIV/Aids Over Three Years
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Despite large amounts dedicated to the fight against AIDS, UK Secretary of International Development Hilary Benn has said that more money is required.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany -- The world's leading industrialized nations yesterday pledged $60 billion to fight AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, mainly in Africa, but human rights groups termed it an insufficient commitment and part of a pattern of unfulfilled promises.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki vowed Friday to step up the battle against HIV/AIDS, saying his government's program was among the world's best.
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Â£5m is being given to a charity that will fund research and educational initiatives dedicated to the net.
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The UK government today increased to 50 million pounds ($96 million) the aid pledged to victims of the earthquake and subsequent tsunamis that hit nations across the Indian Ocean, making
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A new five-year AIDS action plan is designed to halve the number of HIV infections in South Africa and ensure 80 percent of sufferers get access to treatment, a top official told parliament Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON -- Hoping to cement a positive part of his legacy, President Bush yesterday asked Congress to double the funding of the US global AIDS program to $30 billion over five years, which sets goals of helping support AIDS treatment of 2.5 million people.
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China's capital  is to install 1,000 new condom vending machines to fight the spread of HIV and Aids.
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The British government was yesterday accused of breaking its G8 pledge to help defeat Aids when it revealed it would only marginally increase its contribution to the Global Fund for Aids, Malaria and Tuberculosis.
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The British government pledged 15 million pounds (21.3 million euros, 28.9 million dollars) for the aid effort to help survivors of the tidal waves which have devastated Asian coastlines.
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The Bush administration's global AIDS plan has helped put at least 25,000 people on antiretroviral therapy since it began disbursing money in February to organizations and governments in 15 targeted countries.
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Life & style: In pictures: The proceeds from luxury gifts for lovers will go towards fighting Aids and HIV in Africa
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US global AIDS Coordinator Randall Tobias earlier this week gave developed countries a September extension to contribute US $243 million to fulfil their pledges to the Global AIDS Fund.
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"This partnership could literally save lives, by coordinating investment in healthcare that is free, public and well-staffed"  LONDON  - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Wednesday a global health campaign to target aid more effectively at the basic needs of poor countries.The International Health Partnership, to be officially launched on September 5, aims to reduce child and maternal mortality and tackle diseases such as HIV/AIDS by building long-term health infrastructures in developing countries.The scheme will bring together donor countries like Britain, Germany, Canada and Norway as well as the World Bank and World Health Organisation. Rich nations would submit long-term health plans and international agencies would commit to better coordinate funding and efforts on the ground. Read more
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At least 75 million US dollars has been pledged to support the health sector in Nigeria, Africa&#39;s most populous country, in an effort to hasten the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 19 -- Five years after President Bush vowed to "turn the tide against AIDS" in Africa, he is traveling across a continent where the government's $15 billion investment has extended the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and eased the sense of certain doom once experienced by...
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In his 2003 State of the Union speech, President Bush said to broad acclaim that he&#39;d ask Congress to commit $15 billion, including $10 billion in new money, over five years to fight AIDS in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.