The European Commission has provided 522 million euro, about 702 million dollars, to the fund over the past five years.
So far programmes supported by the global fund have saved approximately 1.8 million lives.
Currently, an estimated 3,000 additional lives are being saved per day, through providing AIDS treatment for 1.1 million people, tuberculosis treatment for 2.8 million, as well as effective medicines for 23 million cases of malaria, and distributing bed nets to 30 million families in Africa and elsewhere.
Meanwhile, President Bush has asked the US Congress to set aside 30 billion US dollars over five years for the global fight against HIV/AIDS, BBC reported.
He said the sum would double the current US commitment and provide treatment for 2.5 million people. The funding would also be aimed at preventing over 12 million new infections.
Source: All Africa
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