Canada Announces Pledge & Commitment to Host Global Fund Replenishment Conference
globalfundadvocatesnetwork.org - "Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today at an event on youth and global health that Canada will pledge $785 million to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and host its Fifth Replenishment Pledging Conference on 16 September 2016 in Montreal.
Canada’s pledge has increased by 20% from the Fourth Replenishment. This is the first time Canada will host a Global Fund meeting and will be the first major international conference held in Canada under the new government. (...)
Joanne Carter, Steering Committee Chair for the Global Fund Advocates Network (GFAN) and Executive Director of RESULTS USA, welcomes Canada’s announcement on pledging and hosting the replenishment. “Today, Canada has cemented its role as a true global leader in health. As we now look to the pledging conference later this year, world leaders should seize the chance to make bold commitments to the fight against these diseases. All donors can build on today’s exciting announcement by making the investment required to push us toward the end of these three epidemics.”