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Invest in health, save lives,
and boost economic growth.

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The aim of Global Health 2035 launched
by the African Development Bank,

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along with the Center for
Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, and

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the Commission on Investing in Health.

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The hope is to save millions of
people from contagious diseases and

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infant mortality over the next 20 years.

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The global health report is the work of 25
experts who are calling for research and

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development spending on health to be
doubled to almost 4.5 billion Euros

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annually.

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One of the report's authors says,
by 2035 we can cut the number

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of preventable deaths by nearly 10 million
to reach what we call global convergence.

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That is people in the poorest countries
having the same level of healthcare as

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people in richer countries.

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Two thirds of infant deaths from AIDS and
tuberculosis

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now occur in middle income countries
in Africa, as well as China and India.

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And in places like Tunisia where health
care accounts for 6% of GDP, 40% of

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health spending is by individuals and
even then the quality of care is not good.

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Tunisia's Health Minister told Euronews
that they are working to change that.

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He said, we must find ways to reduce the
financial burden on Tunisia's households.

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And so we've asked the government to
double the Health Ministry's budget

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to help those people who are spending
much more than they can afford.

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>> [FOREIGN]
>> Our correspondent says

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the African Development Bank is one of the
authors of the Global Health 2035 report.

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And like the other contributors,
it believes that expenditure on public

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health should be 10 or 20 times bigger,
which would boost economic growth.

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Now, they have to
convince the politicians.

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>> [FOREIGN]