The UK has announced it will axe £150 million from Britain’s contribution to the international fight against Aids, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria – putting some 250,000 lives at risk, many of them children. Charities say the cut will force officials into “impossible, life-or-death decisions.”
The UK has pledged £850m towards the Global Fund’s work over the next three years – down from £1bn in 2022, itself a cut from £1.4bn in 2019. It comes as part of plans to shift money away from foreign aid to pay for defence.
