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SA pledges R1m to fight AIDS, TB and malaria
Independent Online
2006-07-04

South Africa will pledge an additional R1-million this year to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said in Durban on Tuesday.

We further remain committed to supporting the Global Fund consistent with our potential and ability to do so. We have so far pledged 10-million (about R70,3-million) over a period of five years from 2003 to 2007, she said in a speech prepared for delivery to delegates at the mid-term review of the global fund replenishment.

As a gesture of this commitment, I wish to announce that the South African Government will pledge an additional one million South African rand in this current financial year.

The fund was created to finance a dramatic global turn-around in the diseases.

According to the fund's website three replenishment meetings were held in 2005 in preparation for the first replenishment cycle for the biennium 2006-2007. They gave donors a chance to discuss effectiveness and future needs.

The Durban meeting is to assess the process and discuss any funding gap. - Sapa

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