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Bangkok Post - March 10, 2003
Dinesh C Sharma - New Delhi
The fund was established by G-8 countries in 2001 with a commitment of US$1.3 billion to finance programmes relating to the three major diseases. Thailand is also a donor to the fund.
"I am going to discuss Thailand's role as a donor to the global fund. I will meet Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to thank him for that," executive director Richard Feachem told the Bangkok Post during his visit to India on Thursday. He will be in Bangkok today and tomorrow.
Mr Feachem said Thailand was also the deputy chair of the fund's board, and would host the board meeting in October.
Suwit Wibulpolprasert, deputy permanent secretary for the Public Health Ministry, was elected vice-chairman at the board's last meeting. The fund also approved HIV/Aids treatment programmes for Thailand, which have been successful.
The current funding to Thailand amounts to about $20 million.
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