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Article

21 May 2006

Author:
Gaby Hinsliff, Ned Temko, Observer [UK]

Blair seeks help to fight Aids in Africa

Tony Blair is urging big business to do more to help save Africa from Aids ahead of a major summit tomorrow on funding drug treatment...Tomorrow's meeting of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/Aids will see four major companies pledging to help. Among them is Standard Chartered Bank - based on the success of a project in Gambia involving a senior bank executive - which is offering to second staff to help developing countries manage and spend Aids money efficiently.