UK’s £150m cut to worldwide fund fighting deadly diseases will force ‘impossible life-or-death decisions’

11-11-2025 16:59 via independent.co.uk

UK’s £150m cut to worldwide fund fighting deadly diseases will force ‘impossible life-or-death decisions’

The cut from £1bn to £850m pledged to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria – risking 250,000 lives – was revealed by The Independent last week

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