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International News Britain Pledges $10 Million to Fight AIDS in 2004December 2, 2003 On Monday, British international development secretary Hillary Benn said Britain would double its contribution to the global AIDS battle to £6 million (US$10.3 million)in 2004, adding that Britain is the second-largest donor of bilateral HIV/AIDS assistance after the United States. Benn urged the international community to back the World Health Organization's plan to provide antiretrovirals to 3 million people by 2005, a program that will cost $5.5 billion. "The scale and devastation of HIV and AIDS is colossal," Prime Minister Tony Blair wrote in a letter published by the Sun newspaper. Agence France Presse 12.01.03  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. |
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