UN global fund awards $ 2.4 billion to fight killer disease

New York, 13 Nov-(ANA)-The United Nations-backed has announced that it has approved new grants worth $ 2.4 billion to projects aimed at fighting AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in low-income countries over the next two years.

This latest round of grants bring the Global Fund’s overall commitment to

combating the diseases to more than $ 18.4 billion for 144 countries since it was created in 2002.

Estimates say the diseases kill over 4 million people each year.

2002. (ANA)

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