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G8 to focus on infectious diseases

    JOHANNESBURG

    Global health issues, including HIV/AIDS, will feature prominently during the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations summit, which begins on Saturday in St. Petersburg, Russia.

    Russia's chief public health officer, Gennady Onishchenko, told the BBC that G8 members would sign a document establishing guidelines for combating infectious diseases worldwide.

    The World Health Organisation (WHO) has welcomed the focus on infectious diseases, but urged G8 leaders to stick to their commitments.

    According to a progress report released earlier this month by DATA, an international debt relief group, the G8 has yet to fulfil earlier pledges to provide antiretroviral drugs to Africa, expand trade and increase aid.

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