ASIA PACIFIC: Australia announces HIV/AIDS cash boost
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Australia's foreign minister Alexander Downer has announced Canberra will pledge another $AU400 million to fight HIV/Aids, with a special focus on the Asia Pacific region. That brings Australia's total contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to $AU1 billion. The announcement was made during the 3rd Ministerial Meeting on HIV/AIDS, which is being held alongside another major international conference on tackling the epidemic being held in Sydney.
Presenter: Girish Sawlani
Speakers: Alexander Downer, Australian Foreign Minister; Dr Anthony Fauci, US National Institute of Health; Professor Sharon Lewin, deputy local co-chair for the International AIDS society conference, Sydney
