1.0link228958<![CDATA[The Global Fund Seeks Additional Grants from the G8 in Hopes of Helping Millions More]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michel-d-kazatchkine/the-global-fund-seeks-add_b_228958.htmlGENEVA -- World leaders meeting at a G8 summit in Genoa, Italy, in 2001 launched one of the most ambitious health initiatives in modern history when they announced the creation of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Eight years on, G8 leaders gathering in another Italian town, L'Aquila, have some good reason to celebrate. The Global Fund is growing fast and it has some major achievements to its credit. But the Global Fund is now at grave risk...