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ABSTRACT If U.S. President Donald Trump had his way, $425 million would be cut from the United States’ planned $1.35 billion contribution to the Global Fund for the next fiscal year, 1 October 2018 to 31 March 2019. All told, the administration’s proposed budget contains cuts of over $1 billion for global AIDS programs, but it has little or no chance of becoming law.

ABSTRACT Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has published an issues brief that makes the case for the U.S. continuing to invest in global health generally, and in the Global Fund.

ABSTRACT France’s pledge for the Fifth Replenishment equaled what France contributed for the last replenishment. The Friends of The Global Fund Europe would have liked to see an increase. Meanwhile Italy increased its pledge by 30%.