Opinion

  • 21 March 2019
    Q&A: The Hunt for TB's "Missing Millions"
    Millions of people with TB are missed from the diagnosis and treatment radar, says Dr. Eliud Wandwalo, Senior Disease Coordinator, TB, at the Global Fund. It's imperative we find them.
  • 12 October 2018
    Ending Epidemics and Building Health Systems
  • 25 September 2018
    It’s Time to Confront TB Head On
    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
  • 20 August 2018
    "Kick Down Every Wall": My Journey through HIV Activism
    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
    "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
    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
    The global fight against malaria has stalled, raising the risk of a resurgence.
  • 13 March 2018
    A Historic Chance to End Tuberculosis
    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...