[Pharm-policy] EC press release on donation to Fund

[Mike Palmedo]

http://europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/g7_g8/genoa/ip01_1031.htm

European Commission contributes € 120 million to the Global Health Fund

IP/01/1031
Brussels, 18 July 2001

The European Commission today agreed on a contribution of € 120 million
to the proposed Global Health Fund for the year 2001. The President of
the Commission Romano Prodi will present this contribution when he
participates in the G8 Summit in Genoa, Italy on 20-22 July.

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If the new Health Fund is to play the crucial role that it could and
should, it will be essential to get the operational detail right over
coming months. The Fund must complement ongoing and long-term investment
in health in developing countries. It must address the three major
communicable diseases in the wider context of comprehensive health
policies and systems building. It will make a difference only where the
right policies and practices are in place: where, for example, sensitive
issues such as contraceptives and sexual education are openly addressed
and where the necessary society wide responses are backed by adequate
national budgets.

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