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Posted AT 12:24 PM EDT on 09/08/06

Gates fund gives half-billion for AIDS fight

HELEN BRANSWELL

Canadian Press

TORONTO — The battle against three diseases that are a scourge of sub-Saharan Africa and other developing regions – HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria – was given an enormous boost Wednesday with a half-billion dollar gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The wealthy couple, leaders in the field of global public health, donated $500-million over five years to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

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