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Global Fund Celebrates Private Sector Pledges Exceeding US$1 Billion on Sidelines of UN General Assembly

24 September 2025

NEW YORK/GENEVA – The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) announced private sector pledges totaling more than US$1 billion over this last week, marking a major step forward in its Eighth Replenishment.

These commitments – unveiled at the Global Fund’s Eighth Replenishment reception today – underscore the private sector’s pivotal role in driving forward global health innovation, equity and resilience.

Among the highlights:

• The Gates Foundation pledged US$912 million at the 2025 Goalkeepers event, bringing its total contribution since 2002 to nearly US$5 billion. This pledge reinforces the Gates Foundation’s role as the Global Fund’s largest private donor and demonstrates its commitment to ending AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria and scaling innovations that could cut child deaths in half again by 2045.
• (RED) committed US$75 million, continuing a nearly 20-year partnership with the Global Fund.
• The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) pledged US$50 million to accelerate the introduction and rollout of innovative TB diagnostics – its first-ever investment in TB – in addition to its earlier US$150 million commitment to break the cycle of HIV transmission.
• Goodbye Malaria renewed its partnership with the Global Fund with a new US$5.5 million commitment to help eliminate malaria in Eswatini, Mozambique and South Africa.
• The Johnson & Johnson Foundation announced a US$5 million pledge to the Africa Frontline First Catalytic Fund (AFF-CF) to accelerate the scale-up of professionalized community health workers across Africa.

Launched earlier this month, the Global Fund’s 2025 Results Report highlights the partnership’s extraordinary achievements – saving 70 million lives over more than two decades – and underscores what is possible when governments, the private sector and philanthropic organizations work together.

“The Global Fund’s Replenishment is more than a funding moment; it is a catalyst to redefine global health leadership. By leveraging resources, influence and innovation, private and public sector stakeholders can drive sustainable progress and build a healthier, safer and more equitable world,” said Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund.

“An entire generation is alive today thanks to the world’s generosity, smart investments, and the hard work of governments and Global Fund partners,” said Bill Gates, Gates Foundation Chair. “Now, we must go further so the next generation grows up in a world where no child dies from preventable causes.”

These new commitments form part of the contributions to the Global Fund’s Eighth Replenishment, which will finance its next three-year cycle of grants. A fully funded Global Fund could save up to 23 million more lives while also strengthening health and community systems to reinforce pandemic preparedness.

“Private sector partners are not only bringing financial resources but also innovation, reach and influence that can transform how we tackle the world’s deadliest infectious diseases,” Sands added. “The record pledges this week demonstrate what is possible when we act together with urgency and ambition.”

Additional Partner Quotes:

Sir Chris Hohn, Founder and Chair of CIFF, said, “The suffering caused by TB, felt predominantly by the most vulnerable in society, is a moral outrage. Treating and preventing TB is both cost-effective and scalable, and with new ways to detect TB, we can save many lives. Now is the time for donors and philanthropists to do more. I welcome the Global Fund’s call to action to raise the funding needed for a future where everyone can live without fear of this deadly disease.”

Jennifer Lotito, President and COO of (RED), said, “Tremendous progress has been made in the hard-fought and deadly battle against AIDS. Despite this, the world once again needs a reminder of the perilous future that awaits should preventable and treatable disease only remain preventable and treatable for some. (RED), and our partners, remain unwavering in our longstanding support for the Global Fund and its ability to fund effective, collaborative and sustainable solutions for global health.”

“Community health workers are uniquely positioned to deliver essential health services in their communities,” said Vanessa Broadhurst, Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, Johnson & Johnson. “Expanding their numbers and addressing the challenges they face in delivering quality care has the potential to save millions of lives and lay the groundwork for stronger, locally-led health systems across Africa.”

Sherwin Charles, Co-Founder and CEO of Goodbye Malaria, said, “Our commitment today builds on more than a decade of work with the Global Fund to eradicate malaria in Southern Africa. It reflects our responsibility to safeguard the progress already made. Together with the Global Fund and partners such as Nando’s and Vodacom, we have seen how collective action can transform public health outcomes. This pledge is not only an investment in saving lives today, but also in building healthier, more resilient communities for generations to come.”