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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rachel Schraer

Stark plea for UK not to cut aid funding to fight biggest killer infections

Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper is being urged to maintain the UK’s contribution to the global fight against HIV, TB and malaria, with expected cuts potentially costing hundreds of thousands of lives.

Anti-poverty charity, the ONE Campaign, put out the plea ahead of a summit to raise £13.5 billion for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - the world’s largest funder of treatments for these diseases.

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