Less and late: UK gives $1 billion to global disease fight

FILE PHOTO: British Minister for Development Andrew Mitchell walks at Downing Street, in London, Britain, October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

The British government said on Monday it would contribute 1 billion pounds ($1.18 billion) to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, more than six weeks after other countries made their commitments.

The total, which covers 2023-25, is 30% less than Britain pledged during the previous funding round in 2019, and below the 1.8 billion pounds requested this time.