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25 September 2018
It’s Time to Confront TB Head On
By Peter Sands, Executive Director
There comes a time when all humanity must rise together to defeat a global threat, when nations must unite to reject an injustice. With the UN High-Level Meeting on tuberculosis in New York on 26 September, that time has arrived for the fight against... -
18 September 2018
We Must Act Urgently to End HIV, TB and Malaria
By Peter Sands
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20 August 2018
"Kick Down Every Wall": My Journey through HIV Activism
By Kate Thomson, Head of the Community, Rights and Gender Department at the Global Fund
I was diagnosed with HIV in January 1987 – I was 26 years old and the first woman to receive a positive diagnosis in the hospital where I was tested. At that point, it took me two months to even make contact with another woman living with HIV. -
25 July 2018
HIV: From Exceptionalism to Endgame
By Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund
"Advancing global health and strengthening the HIV response in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals" is a timely and compelling analysis of where we stand in the fight against HIV, and how the exceptionalism of the HIV effort should evolve in... -
11 June 2018
Paraguay Eliminates Malaria, Sets Example for the Region
By Dr. Carlos Ignacio Morínigo Aguilera, Minister of Health, Paraguay
The World Health Organization today certifies Paraguay as having eliminated malaria, the first country in the Americas to be granted this status since Cuba in 1973, representing a significant public health achievement not only for Paraguay but for th... -
30 May 2018
“It’s Time Tuberculosis Comes to an End” – India’s Minister of Health
In an interview, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda, India’s minister for health and family welfare, says he expects other high-burden countries to follow India’s example, and explains how New Delhi is planning to meet its ambitious goals. -
24 April 2018
Time to Double Down on Malaria
By Peter Sands, Executive Director
The global fight against malaria has stalled, raising the risk of a resurgence. -
13 March 2018
A Historic Chance to End Tuberculosis
By Lucica Ditiu and Peter Sands
More than 10 million people around the world get sick every year with tuberculosis, and 40 percent of them fail to be diagnosed, treated or reported by health systems. Despite being curable, TB remains the leading cause of death from an infectious di... -
07 March 2018
Advancing Gender Equality
By Peter Sands, Executive Director
This year, International Women’s Day on 8 March is more than a commemoration of progress to achieve gender equality. It is a time to recognize and support the strong forces underway that are calling out discrimination and misconduct, and advancing so... -
02 February 2018
Making the World Safe from the Threats of Emerging Infectious Diseases
By Peter Sands, Incoming Executive Director