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New UK AIDS pledge welcomed

    JOHANNESBURG

    UNAIDS has welcomed the British government's latest pledge to strengthen its political commitment and promote greater donor coordination to tackle the global HIV/AIDS epidemic.

    In a recent statement, UNAIDS executive director Dr Peter Piot, said: "The UK's call for action exemplifies the kind of informed political leadership which is as crucial to mounting an effective response to this growing epidemic as increased resources."

    As the second largest bilateral donor to HIV/AIDS projects, the UK has also doubled its assistance to UNAIDS by announcing it would, for the first time, fund treatment programmes in the developing world. It had previously only backed HIV/AIDS prevention.

    "The increased funding will strengthen our coordination role in developing countries - vital to scaling up an effective HIV/AIDS response," Piot added.

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