In Letter To U.S. Congress, Clinicians, Scientists, Public Health Practitioners Call For $1.56B FY20 Appropriation To Global Fund

Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Clinicians, Scientists and Public Health Practitioners Call for Increased Pledge to the Global Fund
“[On Thursday,] 443 clinicians, scientists, and public health practitioners from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA), and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) sent a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) thanking them for their longstanding leadership in the battle against infectious diseases at home and abroad. The letter also urged leaders to consider a $1.56 billion appropriation to the Global Fund for FY 2020…” (2/28).

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