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Tshabalala-Msimang could lead Global Fund

    JOHANNESBURG

    South African Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang is in line to head the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, a local newspaper, The Sunday Independent, reported.

    The minister was chosen by the governments of eastern and southern African countries in February this year as their representative on the Fund's board.

    A British-based source was quoted as saying in the report: "This has caused some surprise among observers, because Dr Tshabalala-Msimang has attracted a lot of criticism in South Africa and internationally for her views on HIV/AIDS and her government's reluctance to provide treatment for its people."

    Tshabalala-Msimang would have served as alternate on the board "for longer than most and will be in line for the top job" in 2005, when the Fund chooses a new chairperson to succeed current chairman Tommy Thompson.

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