According to a progress report issued on Thursday, through programmes in 131 countries, the Fund has steadily increased the number of HIV and TB patients being treated, and the distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets to prevent malaria infections. Nearly half a million people around the world, 398,000 of them in Africa, now receive antiretroviral (ARV) treatment paid for by the Global Fund, which accounts for 20 percent of all AIDS funding.
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