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Integrated Regional Information Networks - December 1, 2005
JOHANNESBURG, 1 December (PLUSNEWS) - Money left over from last year's tsunami disaster could be directed toward African health programmes that include HIV/AIDS, former US President Bill Clinton has said.
However, Clinton noted that a great deal more work had to be done in order to honour donors' wishes of putting lives back together in areas of Asia that were devastated by the 26 December tsunami.
According to Reuters, the former president suggested that once desired targets had been met, then leftover funds could be funnelled to countries such as Malawi and Lesotho, where AIDS was fuelling poverty.
The tsunami disaster received a total of about $12 billion, leaving some African aid agencies feeling slighted, having received fewer pledges during that period for HIV/AIDS, poverty and famine alleviation.
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