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News
Global Fund Approves US$75 million for India’s COVID-19 Response
06 May 2021The Global Fund has approved US$75 million in fast-track funding to support India’s response to the COVID-19 crisis that is devastating the country. This new funding will support India in purchasing oxygen concentrators and Pressure Swing Adsorption ... -
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Okinawa: Lighting a Flame for the Fight Against Infectious Diseases
03 May 2021In Okinawa, Japan, on Saturday a team of global health advocates and leaders from “The Global Fund ― From Okinawa” team carried the Olympic torch aloft, lighting the way for a world free from the burden of HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and COVID-19...
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Updates
India’s devastating COVID-19 crisis
03 May 2021India is facing a devastating COVID-19 outbreak. Having successfully managed the first pandemic wave in 2020, the country is now reeling from the gravity of a deadly second wave that is infecting over 300,000 people every single day... -
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In Fighting COVID-19, We Can’t Neglect Malaria
25 April 2021World Malaria Day is a reminder that as the world battles with COVID-19, we still haven’t beaten a much older pandemic. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that has plagued humanity for millennia and still kills over 400,000 people per year – mainly ...
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Feature Stories
United Against Malaria
23 April 2021The fight against malaria is one of humanity’s biggest public health successes, but over the past year the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted progress against the disease and threatened to derail hard-won gains...
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News
United States to Host Next Global Fund Replenishment Conference
11 November 2021The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria enthusiastically welcomes President Joe Biden's decision to host the Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment Conference in the United States in the second half of 2022. -
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Lifeline Support from UNDP and the Global Fund Keeps Afghanistan’s Health Facilities Open
11 November 2021Afghans in need of health care services can now benefit from the initiative of UNDP and the Global Fund to inject acutely needed funding and support into the deteriorating health care system, allowing it to continue to provide essential health care a... -
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Global Fund Board Approves New Strategy Placing People and Communities at Center to Lead Fight Against HIV, TB, Malaria, to Build Systems for Health, Equity and Strengthen Pandemic Preparedness
10 November 2021The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria approved the new Global Fund Strategy: Fighting Pandemics and Building a Healthier and More Equitable World. The new Strategy places people and communities front and center of the f... -
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Global Fund and UNDP Join Efforts to Maintain Access to Essential Health Services in Afghanistan
06 October 2021On 20 September, the Global Fund and UNDP signed an agreement to provide interim and emergency funding to sustain the delivery of essential health services to the people of Afghanistan. This agreement seeks to provide the resources needed to bridge t... -
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Gavi, Unitaid and the Global Fund Welcome WHO Recommendation for World's First Malaria Vaccine
06 October 2021Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, global health agency Unitaid and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria welcome the WHO recommendation for wider routine use of the RTS,S malaria vaccine. The recommendation is based on data gathered throu...
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Updates
Nienke Mulder Joins the Global Fund as Head of Human Resources
22 November 2021The Global Fund is pleased to announce that Nienke Mulder will join the Global Fund in the role of Chief Human Resources Officer. -
Sourcing & Management
Placing Orders and Procuring Health Products for 2022
05 November 2021While the Global Fund’s assessment of health product supply disruption has been moderate overall during the past 18 months, supply challenges are increasing as a result of growing international freight capacity constraints. Those challenges are likel... -
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African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States: Regional Impact Report
28 October 2021Confronted with the challenges posed by COVID-19, the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) seeks to protect hard-won gains in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria and continue to build resilient and sustainable systems for health tha... -
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TB Quarterly Update: Innovative Approaches to Finding and Treating Missing People with TB
27 October 2021This is the first Tuberculosis (TB) Quarterly Update. It will be produced on a quarterly basis to share information on the achievements, tools, guidance, best practices and highlights of the TB Strategic Initiative and other TB-related activities. -
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Ethics Resources for Country Coordinating Mechanisms: New e-learning Module
25 October 2021A new e-learning module has been launched to help Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCM) maintain high standards of ethics and integrity in their work and decision making. The new module focuses on integrity (including conflict of interest management)... -
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Mapping the Technology Landscape of National TB Programs: Report
18 October 2021Harnessing the power of digital health technologies is essential to driving progress in the fight against tuberculosis (TB). The COVID-19 pandemic has further underlined the importance of digital tools and international cooperation and collaboration ...
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Blog
Fighting Violence Against Women and Girls During COVID-19
25 November 2021When COVID-19 arrived and countries went into lockdown, this not only posed a threat to people’s health, but also to their human rights. Occurrences of gender-based violence (GBV) – where a person is attacked based on their gender or gender identity ...
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“We must invest in our healers”: Dr. Zolelwa Sifumba is fighting for health workers on the front line
22 November 2021Dr. Zolelwa Sifumba is a health worker, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) survivor, Global Fund advocate and global health activist in South Africa, and Community Representative in the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT-) Accelerator.
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20 years of progress to protect mothers and babies from HIV
03 November 2021The four-year age gap between 18-year-old Aaliyah and 22-year-old Winnie may seem insignificant, but because both girls were born to HIV-positive mothers at a time when prevention of mother-to-child-transmission therapies (PMTCT) were only beginning ...
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From football stadiums to hospital beds: responding to COVID-19 in Malawi
18 October 2021For two months in early 2021, Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe – the largest stadium in Malawi – was not a place for football. Instead, a devastating second wave of COVID-19 had overwhelmed hospitals and turned the stadium into a temporary field ho...
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Drug-resistant TB: Business as usual no longer an option
14 October 2021I have spent the last 25 years working to prevent tuberculosis and treat people with the disease. I have seen firsthand the devastating consequences, including from drug resistant TB, which is more deadly and more difficult and expensive to treat.
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Adapting TB programs to face the challenge of COVID-19: lessons from the Philippines
05 October 2021When the Philippines first went into COVID-19 lockdown last year, the Department of Health’s National TB Control Program (NTP) knew they had to act fast to ensure that TB patients were not cut off from accessing their lifesaving treatment.
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Videos
We Can't Go Backwards
08 September 2021COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the fight against HIV, TB and malaria. For the first time in the Global Fund’s 20-year history we have seen declines in our key results. We responded immediately to COVID-19 – and are now urging for a global p...
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Photo Galleries
Every country’s COVID-19 response is underpinned by resilient and sustainable systems for health
21 July 2021COVID-19 has seriously impacted systems for health, overwhelming health facilities, exposing weaknesses in supply chains, and putting health workers and community health workers on the front lines in danger.
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Photo Galleries
One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, testing is as vital as ever
08 July 2021Testing is the first line of defense in the fight against COVID-19. Without testing, countries cannot track or contain the spread of the virus, address urgent clinical needs, test the efficacy of vaccines, or detect the emergence of new variants. To ...
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Photo Galleries
COVID-19 is causing a devastating oxygen crisis
11 June 2021The Global Fund is supporting low- and middle-income countries in procuring treatments including corticosteroids and medical oxygen.
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Videos
The Global Fund at 20: Messages of support
28 October 2021Global Fund friends and supporters speak about pivotal moments in the first 20 years of our pioneering partnership.
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Videos
20 Years – How We Changed The Story
07 June 20212021 is the year the Global Fund celebrates 20 years of making the impossible possible.