President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now in Lyon, France, as he
continues to globetrot as the country’s economy sinks further into the abyss.
Mnangagwa arrived in France from Uganda and is joining other
world leaders in attending the 6th replenishment conference seeking of the
Global Fund. Critics have savaged the President for frequent foreign travels
when hospitals are deserted and people dying every day.
Every three years, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria holds a replenishment conference where donors and
funders make their financial pledges of the support they will give for the next
three years.
This year’s event is being hosted by French President
Emmanuel Macron and will run from Wednesday 9th October to Thursday 10th
October.
The 2019 summit aims to raise more that the $12 billion
raised in 2016. The funds will go towards supporting member countries and their
people, with expectations that 16 million lives will be saved in the next three
years.
AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria are among the major killer
diseases on the Sub-Saharan part of the continent.
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