Cash Crisis Hits Disease Battle

Efforts to tackle some of the world's worst diseases e.g. Aids, TB and Malaria maybe hampered by a shortage of funds and donations. The Global Fund to fight these diseases only received $11.5 billion in donations, well below the figure of $20 billion that they asked for and even below $13 billion needed to maintain current programmes. The current economic crisis is blamed for many countries like Germany and Sweden holding back current funding.

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