Organisation: Global Fund

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Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and Brahima Coulibaly: Africa urgently needs Covid-19 aid, for all the world’s sake

The global system is as strong as its weakest link. The pandemic will only be beaten in rich countries when it is beaten everywhere else, writes Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and Brahima Coulibaly

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Battles against HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria not yet won

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Striving towards a better global framework to end Aids

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Poverty is sexist, celebrities tell world leaders

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Bill and Melinda Gates: Insufficient funding to tackle health needs of poorest worldwide

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We must deliver on our promises and the UN goal of eradicating poverty by 2030

U2 to give away song to help fight Aids

Rock giants U2 are to give away a new song — in a move which is expected to generate more than €1m — to help the fight against Aids.

Fri, 24 Jan, 2014

Bono: Sarkozy 'vital' to fighting poverty

U2 frontman Bono is wooing French President Nicolas Sarkozy to get backing in the fight against poverty and Aids.

Fri, 17 Sep, 2010

Bono gets ball rolling for Aids campaign

Bono teamed up with some of the world’s top footballers as he aimed to “turn up the heat” on politicians over the HIV and Aids crisis in South Africa.

Mon, 30 Nov, 2009

Zimbabwe bank boss admits raiding private accounts

Zimbabwe’s top bank official today admitted secretly raiding private accounts for hard cash to keep the country running.

Mon, 20 Apr, 2009

U2 to donate tour profit to charity

U2 are planning to donate €9m of the profits from their upcoming world tour to charity.

Wed, 01 Apr, 2009

New music service will help fight Aids

Artists as diverse as Elton John and Jay-Z will offer world exclusive songs through a new music service being launched today to help fight Aids in Africa.

Mon, 01 Dec, 2008

Global HIV and malaria fight gets €25m boost

Ireland will contribute €25m in 2008 to the global fight against HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria, it emerged today.

Fri, 28 Sep, 2007

Bono to announce new fight against Aids

U2 front man and activist Bono was today poised to unveil his latest effort to combat the spread of Aids in Africa while Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was to give a speech about the war on terror.

Thu, 26 Jan, 2006

World Aids-fighting fund threatened by US

The United States challenged other countries yesterday to pay their share of the world’s premier Aids-fighting fund by the end of September or lose $120m (€97.2m) in US cash.

Thu, 19 Aug, 2004

EU contributes to UN health fund

THE European Union is delivering another £28 million to a UN-sponsored global fund to fight Aids, tuberculosis and malaria.

Fri, 16 Jul, 2004

US rejects plea for new AIDS donation

The United States today rejected outright a call by the UN chief at the International AIDS Conference for an €824.2m contribution in 2005 to the global fund that has become the centrepiece of United Nations efforts against the disease.

Wed, 14 Jul, 2004

Poor countries to get cheap AIDS drugs

THE UN, former US President Bill Clinton, World Bank and the global fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria have set up a joint plan to buy and distribute cheap, generic AIDS drugs in poor countries.

Wed, 07 Apr, 2004