2023

  • 12 December 2023
    Celebrating Universal Health Coverage In Nigeria

    By Peter Sands, Executive Director, The Global Fund

    Nigeria is Africa’s most populous nation, with over 200 million people. It’s a vibrant country full of entrepreneurial energy and talent, but it’s also a country affected by poverty and disease. Almost 90 million Nigerians live in extreme poverty. So...
  • 08 December 2023
    Q&A with Patrick Alain Fouda, Member of the Global Fund Youth Council
    Patrick Fouda is a 27-year-old Cameroonian organizer and social entrepreneur who is on the way up. When he was 23, he was inspired to co-found the Cameroon Network of HIV-positive Adolescents and Youth (RECAJ+) to respond to the social inequalities a...
  • 02 December 2023
    Ending AIDS Among Children Can Be An Inspiration Toward Ending All Preventable Deaths Among Children

    By Chip Lyons, President & CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund

    In a world where those with less power and privilege are often forgotten, the welfare of children stands out. Even though they cannot advocate for themselves, or perhaps because of this, the world hasn’t done enough to stop preventable deaths among c...
  • 02 December 2023
    Against A Foe As Formidable As HIV, Anything Less Than Victory Is Creating A Future Problem

    By Peter Sands, Executive Director, The Global Fund

    With another World AIDS Day behind us, we reflect on the nearly 40 million people who have lost their lives to this terrible disease. Yet we should also recognize the extraordinary progress we have made in combatting HIV and AIDS. Since 2002, in coun...
  • 01 December 2023
    We Must Not Let Climate Change Derail The Fight Against Malaria

    By Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria

    The world is at a defining moment in the fight against malaria. After years of rapid advances against the disease, progress stalled around 2015. Since then, the malaria community has faced a cascade of challenges, including drug and insecticide resis...
  • 01 December 2023
    Communities Affected by HIV Will Write the Last Chapter of the Disease

    By Dr. Vuyiseka Dubula, Head of Community Rights and Gender, the Global Fund

    Dramatic changes have shaped the fight against HIV in the last 20 years. Highly effective antiretroviral therapy existed at the turn of the millennium – but only in rich countries. For people living in low- and middle-income countries – like my home ...