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Global Fund raises $14m to fight Aids, TB and malaria

A doctor (right) offers Anti Retro Viral (ARV) drugs to a woman who is living with HIV. Global Fund has raised $14m to fight Aids, TB and malaria. PHOTO | TANG CHHIN SOTHY | AFP

By  VERAH OKEYO

The Global Fund—the body that funds developing countries to treat and prevent Aids, tuberculosis and malaria—has raised more than $14 million for the period between 2020 and 2022.

Kenya had pledged $5 million while Uganda committed to contribute $1.5 million to the fund.

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