News Releases

  • 01 December 2017
    WHO and Global Fund Sign Cooperation Agreements
    WHO and the Global Fund signed cooperation and financing agreements amounting to an estimated US$50 million today, with the aim of providing vital technical support to countries to fight HIV, TB and malaria, and securing additional progress toward un...
  • 29 November 2017
    Spain, Three African Countries and the Global Fund Launch New Debt2Health Initiative
    The government of Spain today announced an agreement to waive debts owed by Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia in exchange for investments in domestic health programs supported by the Global Fund.
  • 14 November 2017
    Global Fund Appoints Peter Sands as Executive Director
    The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today appointed a new Executive Director: Peter Sands, a former chief executive of Standard Chartered Bank who after a distinguished career in banking immersed himself in a range of...
  • 09 November 2017
    Malawi Accelerating Progress against HIV, TB and Malaria
    Malawi and the Global Fund strengthened their partnership by signing four grants today worth a total of US$460 million. The funds seek to expand interventions for HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, including efforts to reach more than 800,000 people in M...
  • 23 October 2017
    Global Fund Names Finalist Candidates for Executive Director
    The Global Fund Board named four finalist candidates for Executive Director, and is scheduled to select one at a Board meeting on 14 November 2017.
  • 11 October 2017
    Global Fund and The Union Deepen Partnership to Fight TB
    The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, also known as The Union, announced a partnership agreement to deepen their shared commitment to end tuberculosis as an epidemic...
  • 09 October 2017
    Partners Launch Global Effort to Find Missing Cases of TB
    Global health partners and implementers from 13 countries with a high burden of tuberculosis launched an ambitious program to find and treat an additional 1.5 million missing cases of TB by the end of 2019. The new initiative is critically important ...
  • 13 September 2017
    Global Fund Partnership has Saved 22 Million Lives
    Programs supported by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria have saved 22 million lives, according to a report released today. The report also shows significant increases in the number of people receiving treatment for HIV, diagnosi...
  • 31 July 2017
    The French Council of Investors in Africa and the Global Fund Create Innovative Partnership
    The French Council of Investors in Africa (CIAN) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria have entered into a cooperation agreement aimed at involving French companies in the fight against the three diseases in sub Saharan Africa.
  • 20 July 2017
    New Global Fund Results Show Accelerated HIV Treatment Progress
    Ahead of next week’s International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science in Paris, France, the Global Fund announced new results that highlight accelerating progress in providing HIV prevention, treatment and care services.