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UNAIDS chief urges Carney not to cut foreign aid, global health funding

UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima urged Prime Minister Mark Carney to reverse planned foreign aid cuts after Ottawa reduced its Global Fund pledge by 17 percent last week.
Ottawa says the reductions return spending to pre-pandemic levels and follow recent federal budget decisions, despite Prime Minister Mark Carney pledging not to cut foreign aid during the spring campaign.
The Global Fund provides critical supplies such as mosquito nets and HIV medication to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, but its shrinking envelope reduces resources as advocates mark World AIDS Day, Monday.
At the G20 summit in Johannesburg, Winnie Byanyima told donors `My message to Prime Minister Carney, to Canada, and to all the other donors is, stay the course`, while Anand and Carney defended Canada's support and share increase.
The report warns that growing inequality is fueling resentment and instability, while Jayati Ghosh urged reforms to intellectual property and global regulations to aid developing countries' medicine access.

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