European Commission Signs Funding Agreement with the Global Fund
The Global Fund - BRUSSELS – "The European Commission and the Global Fund today signed an agreement for the final €73 million of the EC’s pledge for the current funding cycle. The EC is the sixth-largest donor to the Global Fund, and today’s agreement brings the EC’s total commitment to more than €2 billion since 2002.
Since 2002, the EU has contributed to saving 27 million lives through the remarkable work of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Millions of people are on antiretroviral therapy for HIV, millions of people with tuberculosis have been treated, and hundreds of million mosquito nets help prevent people from getting malaria. Still, we need to do much more: Every day, nearly 1,000 girls are infected with HIV and malaria kills a child every two minutes. The EU is therefore pleased to be able to contribute to the fight against the three diseases and, just as importantly, help build strong and resilient health systems through the work of the Global Fund,” said Neven Mimica, EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development."