During the 2014-2016 periods in the Caribbean and globally, the United Nations-backed Global Fund says it needs an estimated US$87 billion to bring under control the threat posed by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
“If we don’t seize this moment, we will be dealing with these diseases for generations,” said Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, on the second of a two-day conference with donors and other partners here.
“These moments don’t come very often,” he added. “We can achieve a historic change in the world, and that is what we are on this planet to do.”
According to a needs assessment by the Global Fund and partners, the fight against HIV/AIDS alone will cost about US$58 billion in 2014-16, with additional $15 billion for tuberculosis and $14 billion for malaria.
The assessment was drawn up with technical partners at the UN World Health Organization (WHO), UNAIDS, Roll Back Malaria and the Stop TB partnership.
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