News Releases

  • 09 April 2020
    Global Fund Partners Unite to Fight
    The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today unanimously approved a new response mechanism to support countries respond to COVID-19 and mitigate the impact on programs to fight HIV, TB, malaria and systems for health, ef...
  • 27 March 2020
    Japan Secures $476 million Contribution to the Global Fund
    The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria welcomes the Japanese Diet’s passage of the fiscal 2019 supplementary budget and the fiscal 2020 budget, which includes Japan’s contribution of US$476.4 million to the Global Fund in 2020. This ...
  • 20 March 2020
    Global Fund Supports 11 Countries in Response to COVID-19
    The Global Fund announced today that 11 countries have so far used financial assistance from the Global Fund in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • 04 March 2020
    Global Fund Issues New Guidance in Response to COVID-19
    The Global Fund announced today new guidance to enable countries to strengthen their response to the new coronavirus, COVID-19, by using existing grants in a swift, nimble and pragmatic way.
  • 21 February 2020
    Carrying the Torch
    Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, has been selected as a torchbearer for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay.
  • 05 February 2020
    Angola: Seeking Better Pathways to Fight Epidemics
    Dr. Donald Kaberuka, the Chair of the Global Fund Board, visited Angola in January 2020, at the invitation of President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço. Dr. Kaberuka met with the president and other senior government officials to discuss important mea...
  • 24 January 2020
    Global Fund Appoints New Head of Technical Advice & Partnerships
    The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today announced the appointment of Michael Byrne as Head of the Technical Advice & Partnerships Department as the Global Fund strengthens technical expertise in disease teams.
  • 23 January 2020
    Global Fund Grant in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
    The Global Fund has reached agreement with partners for a consolidated grant for tuberculosis and malaria in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and implementation of the grant has begun.
  • 21 December 2019
    Agence Française de Développement and the Global Fund Strengthen Partnership to Build Resilient Systems for Health
    On the occasion of President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Côte d'Ivoire, Rémy Rioux, Chief Executive Officer of Agence Française de Développement, and Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund, signed a partnership agreement to end epidemics a...
  • 18 December 2019
    Highest-Ever Funding Allocations Announced to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
    Following a record-breaking Replenishment in October 2019, the Global Fund today announced its largest-ever funding allocations for eligible countries to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and build systems for health over the next three years.