$130 M Global Fund Aid To Fight Aids

The fourth board meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, concluded in Geneva on January 31, 2003, approved $130 million to fight HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in India.

The grant assigns $100 million for HIV/AIDS, and $30 million for tuberculosis, and commits up to $38.8 million over the first two years. This is the largest single country grant within Asia, in this second round of Global Fund Awards.

Richard Feachem, executive director of the Global Fund, said,