The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria “welcomed an announcement from Switzerland that it intends to increase its contribution to the Global Fund by 43 per cent in 2013.” Swiss Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter said that Switzerland would increase its contribution for 2013 to 10 million Swiss francs from an initial pledge of 7 million Swiss francs, and also indicated that Switzerland wanted to make a big increase in its support to the Global Fund in the 2014-16 period but did not confirm a figure.

Full media release: http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/mediacenter/newsreleases/2013-05-06_Switzerland_Raises_Contribution_to_Global_Fund_by_43_Percent/