| " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 5-year-old organization that leads international efforts against three leading diseases said on Tuesday more than a million HIV-infected people have received life-extending drugs thanks to its efforts." " The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, launched by the Group of 8 industrialized nations and financed largely by the U.S. and European governments, said it is exceeding its targets." " The organization said as of May 1 between 1 million and 1.1 million people had received AIDS drugs through its efforts, up from 544,000 a year ago." " "So far we estimate that the programs funded by the Global Fund have saved the lives 1.8 million people -- that is the lives of 3,000 people a day who would otherwise be dead from AIDS, TB and malaria," said Dr. Michel Kazatchkine, the fund's executive director." " The group devotes much of its efforts to Africa, the continent hardest hit by all three diseases." " More than 2.8 million people have been treated for TB and around 30 million families received bed nets under Global Fund fund efforts since it started its work in 2002, the group said." " Kazatchkine told reporters the fund has provided about $3.5 billion to fight the three diseases. About 30 percent of the money comes from the United States
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