In announcing its decision last February to end grants to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK)the Global Fund cited its concern that the country's“unique operating environment” prevented the group from providing“the required level of assurance and risk management” for its grants.
Since its creation in 2002, the Global Fund has supported more than 1,000 programs in more than 140 countries, providing AIDS treatment for 6.1 million people, anti-tuberculosis treatment for 11.2 million people and 360 million insecticide-treated nets for the prevention of malaria.
Since its creation in 2002, the Global Fund has become the dominant financier of programs to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, with approved funding of US$ 18.4 billion for more than 600 programs in 144 countries.
Eight years ago, when Japan hosted the G8 Kyushu-Okinawa Summit and invited African Leaders to the G8 Summit for the first time, we focused our discussions on infectious diseases. Following this summit, Japan worked to establish the Global Fund to tackle the three major infectious diseases.
HEB 9:26 For then must he often have suffered since thefoundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Recently in the area of health-related measures, I decided that Japan would contribute 560 million US dollars to the Global Fundto Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in the coming years, starting in 2009, to support the fight against these three major infectious diseases.
The Importance of Countermeasures for Infectious Diseases and the Global Fund Ladies and gentlemen, From the fight against the plague that decimated populations in the Middle Ages to the struggles against new strains of influenza ravaging the globe time and again in the 20th century, it is no exaggeration to say that the history of mankind has been a history of the fight against infectious diseases.
UNAIDS and the Global Fund call for an urgent review of the constitutionality of the law in light of the serious public health and human rights implications and urge Nigeria to put comprehensive measures in place to protect the ongoing delivery of HIV services to LGBT people in Nigeria without fear of arrest or other reprisals.
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