NAIROBI , July 1 (Xinhua) -- The United States has pledged to increase its monetary support to Kenya in the fight against HIV and AIDS, local media reported on Tuesday.
Visiting U.S. Senator Bill Nielson said here late Monday that the U.S. government would extend a grant of 75 million U. S. dollars to Kenya under an emergency funding bill that is yet to be considered by the Congress.
Nielson said the amount is part of an increased funding initiative aimed at tackling the AIDS pandemic in Africa, which he noted had been successful.
"We are now going to increase the money coming for AIDS in Africa because it has been a tremendous success," the Florida Senator said during a meeting with Kenya 's Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
The U.S. Senator also gave an assurance that the U.S. Congress will approve 15 billion U.S. dollars anti-AIDS funding for Africa and Kenya will be a key beneficiary.
Nielson expressed optimism that the U.S. Congress would re-authorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Pepfar) funds to combat the scourge in the continent in the next five years.
Kenya will receive an additional 75 million dollars to its 500 million dollars allocation of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, Nielson told reporters.
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