Connexion200,000 children under the age of 5 to die this year because of foreign aid cuts
Report from Gates Foundation says the death rate for under-5s will increase for the first time this century
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HIV ‘vaccine’ will reach just 7% of people needed to end Aids pandemic
The figure comes as the UN reports a ‘devastating’ collapse of HIV prevention services around the world
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‘Foolish’ government cuts could take Aids pandemic back to 1980s, warns former cabinet minister
Funding cuts risk sending progress back decades, Lord Smith tells a gathering of campaigners organised by The Independent – but there is still hope of ending the pandemic by 2030 if investment is made in new drugs
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Millions of lives at risk from HIV, TB and malaria funding cuts
One of the world’s biggest funders of the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria faces reduced funding for life-saving work over the next three years.
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Inside the lab hunting for Disease X – and the next pandemic
As rich countries turn their back on foreign aid, the Institut Pasteur in Senegal is preparing the continent to fight deadly diseases that can spread silently across borders. Rachel Schraer reports
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