Japan gives $184 mil to Global Fund for AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria
Japan will provide $184 million of fresh aid to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said Friday. This will bring Tokyo's total contribution to $850 million since the fund was established in 2002 to combat the three diseases that kill 5 million people each year, according to the Foreign Ministry. The fund, created as a result of discussion by leaders at the G-8 summit in Okinawa in 2000, has supported a total of 524 projects in 136 countries.