Africa Lobbies for More AIDS, TB, Malaria Funds
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ARUSHA, Tanzania  - African leaders lobbied the  Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for more money  Wednesday to solve a cash crunch facing its work, seen as vital  for the continent's health, officials said.
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ABUJA, Nigeria  - Nigeria needs about $248 million to expand its anti-AIDS program and provide life-saving pills for 200,000 of its 3.5 million citizens infected with the virus, the country&#39;s health minister said Wednesday.
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President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to authorize an additional $30 billion to fight AIDS in Africa over five years, doubling the current U.S. commitment.
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JOHANNESBURG, May 30 -- U.N. health officials on Wednesday called on nations with severe AIDS epidemics to offer routine, confidential HIV tests to all patients at health-care facilities in hopes of dramatically expanding the number of those who know they have the virus.
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Health experts say combining TB and HIV testing and treatment could save the lives of 500,000 HIV positive Africans a year.
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Feb. 17 - President Bush made a long-distance appeal to Congress on Sunday to reauthorize and increase funding for his program to fight AIDS in Africa without tampering with controversial elements such as its emphasis on abstinence.
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The UN's Global Fund meets African leaders in Tanzania for talks on fighting the world's deadliest diseases.
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The United States will set aside  $120 million for the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis  and Malaria to give European donors time to come up with a  bigger share for 2004, the U.S. AIDS czar said on Wednesday.
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African leaders lobbied the Global Fund for Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria for more money on Wednesday to solve a cash crunch but were told a new round of funding was likely to be delayed by several months.
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The head of the Bush administration's global AIDS plan said he is taking steps that would permit the United States to give more money to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria this year than previously planned.
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As many as half a million lives could be saved every year in Africa if governments combine their approach to tackle a rampant AIDS epidemic with measures to treat tuberculosis, health experts said on Tuesday.
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The lives of 500,000 HIV-positive people in Africa could be prolonged each year if they were also treated for tuberculosis (TB), two UN agencies announced on Tuesday.
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A five-year, $15 billion effort to combat AIDS in Africa and other areas Â arguably the most important and popular international program of the Bush presidency Â may become a political battleground as it comes up for renewal.
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The countries plan to raise at least $300 million next year to help pay for the treatment of children with AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
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Belarus began implementing a project on preventive measures and AIDS treatment in the republic that is financed by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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PRETORIA -- The Bush administration said yesterday it would extend by two months a deadline for other countries to contribute roughly $240 million to the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, an amount that is required before the United States releases its full pledge.
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Organizations say reduced funding and fading interest in AIDS is forcing them to seek other income sources, bringing concerns that HIV/AIDS patients may be shunted in the rush to expand services to other sufferers.