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Emily Bergantino

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Monday, January 26, 2009

***MEDIA ADVISORY***

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LEADERS MAKE MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT ON FUTURE OF GLOBAL FUND

 

Washington, D.C. – Global health advocacy organizations will convene a conference call of international health and business leaders to discuss the future of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM). The Global Fund has achieved unprecedented results since 2001. Ironically, this success now threatens to undermine the future of the global “war chest” against AIDS, TB and malaria.  

The call coincides with the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and will focus on the economic crisis’ effects on future funding of the GFATM and global health.

 

What:

Conference call to discuss the future of the GFATM

 

Who:

Rajat Gupta - Chair of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria; Senior Partner Worldwide Emeritus, McKinsey and Company

Michel Sidibé - Newly Appointed Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

Peter Chernin - President and COO of News Corporation; Chairman of Malaria No More

Jeffrey Sachs - Director of the Earth Institute at Colombia University; Special Adviser to U.N. Secretary General

Joanne Carter - Executive Director of RESULTS Educational Fund

 

When:

Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. EST / 5:00 p.m. GMT by teleconference

 

How:

This call is for journalists only, who can call in from any phone. To RSVP, please contact Blair Hinderliter at bhinderliter@results.org or at the number listed above. To participate in the call, dial 1-888-211-7384 or 0 800 404 7656 from the U.K.  For other international toll-free numbers, please also contact Blair Hinderliter. The passcode is 4893604. Ask for the Global Fund media call. A recording and a transcript will also be available, and a replay will be available for seven days by calling 1-888-203-1112, passcode 4893604.

 

 

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