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01 December 2022
The Best Way to Prepare for the Next Pandemic Is Not What You Think
By Peter Sands and Winnie Byanyima
The fight against HIV needs new impetus. As we feared when COVID-19 first emerged, the pandemic has had a devastating impact on progress against HIV and AIDS. But even before COVID-19, we were behind our targets for reducing new infections and deaths... -
30 November 2022
We Have Tools to Prevent HIV – Let's Make Sure They Reach Those Who Need Them Most
By Susie McLean, Senior Advisor, HIV Prevention, the Global Fund
As we prepare for the next Global Fund funding cycle, we are working with programmers, researchers and advocates to adapt our HIV prevention investments to leverage new opportunities and to improve choices for people who need HIV prevention most. -
30 November 2022
World AIDS Day: How are we supposed to protect our babies?
By Olena Stryzhak, Chair of the Ukrainian organization Positive Women
The importance of breastfeeding has been established as essential to a baby’s development for centuries; but what if you’re faced with the problem of needing to breastfeed your child while potentially passing on a disease? This is the reality for man... -
21 September 2022
Why the World Can’t Afford to Give HIV, TB and Malaria a Chance to Bounce Back
By Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Peter Sands
A child born today in Japan can expect to live to more than 84 years of age. By contrast, a child born in Lesotho can expect to live to just 50 years – a gap of 34 years between the countries with the world’s longest and shortest life expectancies. -
01 September 2022
Dr. Donald Kaberuka “We can put an end to HIV-AIDS by 2030”
By Jeune Afrique and Dr. Donald Kaberuka, Chair of the Global Fund Board
The Global Fund has been instrumental in reducing the burden of pandemics that have stunted Africa's development over the past 20 years. But after years of progress, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in some setbacks. -
30 August 2022
Funding Healthcare Abroad Can Protect Britain From the Next Pandemic
By Stephen Hammond, Conservative MP for Wimbledon
In the last three years we have seen our society paralysed. Normal life was brought to a halt as an unknown virus came to these shores. More recently, a health emergency has been declared as we scramble to deal with another disease — monkeypox — spre... -
19 August 2022
Monkeypox, Marburg and Miserable Heat: How the World Should Respond to Intersecting Crises
By Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund, and Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme
The World Health Organization’s recent declaration of monkeypox as a global health emergency underscores a disconcerting reality: The world is beset by interlocking and intersecting crises. Deadly heat waves are sweeping the globe, sparking wildfires... -
12 August 2022
Together, Japan and Africa Can Continue to Save Lives and Spur Economic Growth
By Samia Suluhu Hassan, President, United Republic of Tanzania
As African and Japanese leaders prepare to gather for the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Tunisia this month, the world faces numerous interwoven challenges. Conflicts in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Central African Republi... -
22 June 2022
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: Here’s How I Survived Malaria
By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia, Nobel Peace Laureate and Co-chair of the End Malaria Council
It’s been decades since I fell ill from malaria as a young girl, but I remember the feeling like it was yesterday. My body was weak and I couldn’t eat, sleep or go to school. -
20 June 2022
Former PMs Urge Government to Increase Spending on Infectious Diseases After COVID-19 Setbacks
By Samuel Lovett, The Independent
Two former British prime ministers have urged the government to increase spending on tackling AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, after the pandemic reversed recent gains that have been made in eradicating the three diseases.