DOHA: Qatar has donated $10m for the Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria during the fifth conference for the Fund held recently at Montreal city, Canada, in the presence of several national leaders.
Minister of Public Health H E Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari said in her speech at the conference that “Qatar supports of eliminating the three diseases which are: AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by the year 2030”.
This donation is the first contribution through Qatar Development Fund for the Global Fund, and Qatar will continue in the next coming years supporting the Fund, she added.
“This is a part of Qatar’s duties, which represents more of supporting human and development programs and it has provided support to more than 100 countries, and recently Qatar has renewed its commitment by providing $10m the next ten years to serve the humanitarian goals and development”, she said. The conference sought to collect $13bn to finance activities related to such diseases and treatment during the period from 2017 to 2019.
