Elton John, 73, has sold 300 million records and raised nearly half a billion dollars in the fight against HIV/Aids, earning him a knighthood in 1998. Photo: Handout
Singer Elton John and his husband David Furnish on July 9 announced grants of US$25mil (RM107mil) to projects combating the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Eastern Europe and Central Asia – the only region where new infections are rising rapidly as rates plummet worldwide.
About 1.7 million people in the region, who form about 4% of the global total of 38 million, are HIV-positive, United Nations data shows.
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