US EditionUNAIDS chief urges Carney not to cut foreign aid, global health funding
UNAIDS head urges reversal of Canada’s 17% cut to Global Fund aid, highlighting risks to disease control amid $2.7 billion foreign aid reductions over four years.
- UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima urged Prime Minister Mark Carney to reverse planned foreign aid cuts after Ottawa reduced its Global Fund pledge by 17 percent last week.
- Ottawa says the reductions return spending to pre-pandemic levels and follow recent federal budget decisions, despite Prime Minister Mark Carney pledging not to cut foreign aid during the spring campaign.
- The Global Fund provides critical supplies such as mosquito nets and HIV medication to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, but its shrinking envelope reduces resources as advocates mark World AIDS Day, Monday.
- At the G20 summit in Johannesburg, Winnie Byanyima told donors `My message to Prime Minister Carney, to Canada, and to all the other donors is, stay the course`, while Anand and Carney defended Canada's support and share increase.
- The report warns that growing inequality is fueling resentment and instability, while Jayati Ghosh urged reforms to intellectual property and global regulations to aid developing countries' medicine access.
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UNAIDS Programme Director urges Prime Minister Mark Carney to reconsider the decision to reduce global health funding.
OTTAWA — The Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) urges Prime Minister Mark Carney to reconsider his government's decision to reduce foreign aid and global health funding. "My message to Prime Minister Carney, Canada and all other donors is: keep up with [...]
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UNAIDS chief urges Carney not to cut foreign aid, global health funding
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OTTAWA — The Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) urges Prime Minister Mark Carney to reconsider his government's decision to reduce foreign aid and global health funding. "My message to Prime Minister Carney, Canada and all other donors is: keep the course," said Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS Executive Director, at The Canadian Press on the sidelines of last week's G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. "Wit…
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