Australia Pledges Support to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Source. Australia. Minister for Foreign Affairs. Media Release
"Australia has made a major new commitment to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in the Asia-Pacific region, and to assist sufferers of the diseases. Australia's new pledge to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a specific allocation under the government's existing $1 billion commitment to the global fight against HIV/AIDS, and will be funded from the future increases in overseas aid announced in the 2007-08 budget."