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Global Fund raises US$14 billion pledges

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, backed by Emmanuel Macron, Bill Gates and Bono, said it reached its US$14 billion pledges target.

American diplomatic staff in Malaysia commemorate World AIDS Day
American diplomatic staff in Malaysia commemorate World AIDS Day (AN/U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur)

The world's biggest disease-fighting fund, backed by French President Emmanuel Macron, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and U2's Bono, said it reached its US$14 billion target in donations on Thursday to support locally run programs in more than 100 countries over the next three years.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria raised US$1.8 billion more in pledges for the 2020 to 2022 funding cycle than it did at the last pledging conference in 2016.

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