An international donor conference in Montreal reached its goal of raising $13 billion for the fight to eradicate AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 2030, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is my great honour to announce that for the fifth replenishment conference for the Global Fund to end AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, we have reached our goal together," Trudeau said at the conference close.

"We have raised almost $13 billion, and in doing so, we have saved eight million lives.