France, Feb. 13 -- After months of uncertainty, the government said its pledge for the 2026-2028 cycle will fall from €1.6 billion in the previous funding period to €660 million.
Since its creation in 2002, the Global Fund has helped save nearly 70 million lives worldwide.
Vincent Leclercq, executive director of Coalition Plus, an international network of organisations dedicated to the fight against AIDS, told RFI that this decrease in funding will have serious consequences.
"There is a direct impact between the budget they are able to raise and the number of lives they are able to save," he said, pointing to interventions including antiretroviral treatments for HIV, malaria prevention nets, condoms and testing services.
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