2024

  • Many of the countries most affected by malaria are also on the front lines of climate change. In sub-Saharan Africa, where a child dies of malaria every minute, shifting weather patterns – from intense rainfall to extreme heatwaves and prolonged drou...
  • 29 November 2024
    A Moment of Reckoning in the Fight Against HIV

    By Peter Sands, Executive Director

    Twenty years ago, beating back HIV seemed an almost impossible dream. The disease was ravaging communities across the world, taking a huge toll on lives and societies. Since then, we have come an extraordinarily long way and seen great leaps in preve...
  • 14 November 2024
    Why Health Should Be at the Heart of the Climate Agenda at COP29

    By Peter Sands, Executive Director

    When I visited Dhaka in July this year, the city was wrapped in the thick humidity and heat of the monsoon season. The air felt heavy and warm as I walked with a community health worker through the winding, makeshift neighborhoods of one of the huge ...
  • 13 November 2024
    From Berlin to Dakar: Making Young People’s Voices Resonate at the Highest Levels of the Global Health Ecosystem

    By Farida Tiemtore, founder of Héroines du Faso, Voix EssentiELLES of Burkina Faso and member of the Global Fund Youth Council

    Youth were at the forefront of a series of dynamic and inspiring global health events that took place in October 2024. As a member of Burkina Faso’s Voix EssentiELLES and the Global Fund’s Youth Council, I had the opportunity to attend the 2024 World...
  • The big message to take from this year’s Global Tuberculosis Report is that if we act decisively, we can end tuberculosis (TB). We have momentum, we have tools, and we have leadership, but we do need more money – and we also need to dismantle the hum...
  • 19 September 2024
    UNGA: Progress in Global Health Shows the Path to a Safer, More Secure World

    By Peter Sands, Executive Director

    As the world gathers for the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, the focus on the interconnected crises the world faces underscores a critical truth: Today’s challenges are inextricably linked to global health. Many of the General ...