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Carryover tsunami funds could go to AIDS

    JOHANNESBURG

    Money left over from last year's tsunami disaster could be directed toward African health programmes that include HIV/AIDS, former US President Bill Clinton has said.

    However, Clinton noted that a great deal more work had to be done in order to honour donors' wishes of putting lives back together in areas of Asia that were devastated by the 26 December tsunami.

    According to Reuters, the former president suggested that once desired targets had been met, then leftover funds could be funnelled to countries such as Malawi and Lesotho, where AIDS was fuelling poverty.

    The tsunami disaster received a total of about $12 billion, leaving some African aid agencies feeling slighted, having received fewer pledges during that period for HIV/AIDS, poverty and famine alleviation.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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