The Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and the secretary general of the UN, Ban Ki-moon succeeded Saturday in Montreal, nearly 13 billion dollars intended to fund three years the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
"We collected almost 13 billion dollars and thanks to this we have saved 8 million lives," said Justin Trudeau, at the end of the fifth triennial conference refinancing of the fund.
Governments, private partners and non-governmental organizations wanted to raise 13 billion dollars, which are in his opinion necessary to finance between 2017 and 2019 treatments to eradicate these epidemics before 2030.
"We are celebrating 15 years of achievements, but we are looking for more success in the coming years," said Ban Ki-moon on Saturday, the second day of refinancing conference of global fund to combat the three epidemics.
The fund emphasizes that saved 22 million lives and prevented more than 300 million infections, thanks to more than $ 30 billion disbursed.
"If we act, we can eliminate the AIDS epidemic, tuberculosis and malaria by 2030," the goal set by the United Nations, said Justin Trudeau.
If successful, the world will have taken a big step towards reducing poverty, often associated with the disease, he added.
"Now we are at a turning point" in the fight against these epidemics, said the general director of the fund, Mark Dybul. "We can be the generation that will have under control these epidemics," he said.
In Montreal several heads of state and government, as the Senegalese Macki Sall, the Malian Boubacar Keita and Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara, recalled the urgency of saving lives. Representatives of donor countries followed the tribune of speakers to announce their commitments.
The collection of 13 billion dollars for the period 2017-2019 must be completed Saturday. The United States is the top donor, with $ 4.3 billion, followed by France ($ 1.2 billion), Germany (900 million), Japan (800 million) and Canada (600 million).
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