UK cuts contribution to Aids, tuberculosis and malaria fund by £150m
by Peter Walker Senior political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#71CWG)
Campaigners say 15% cut, which is smaller than had been feared, is serious setback in efforts to combat the diseases
The UK has cut by 15% its contribution to a leading aid fund combating preventable diseases, a decision that charities have said could lead to hundreds of thousands more otherwise preventable deaths.
The UK will commit 850m to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria over 2027-29, against the 1bn pledged by the Conservative government for the last funding round.
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