Activists call on Macron to increase funding for global HIV fight The 'AIDES' NGO is aiming for a target of 14 billion dollars for the Global Fund to fight HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria over three years but says it can only be reached if France increases its contribution by 25%. In Lyon, outside the venue hosting the Fund's conference, activists deployed a giant capsule-shaped balloon with a direct call to French president Emmanuel Macron to increase the country's contribution. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES