Opinion
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27 June 2024We Are Still Here
By Richard Lusimbo, Founder and Director General of the Uganda Key Populations Consortium
To mark Pride month, Richard Lusimbo of the Uganda Key Populations Consortium speaks out about Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act and bringing communities together to fight back. -
07 June 2024Walking in Other People’s Shoes
Community health workers are often the best – and only – resource for people living in rural and remote areas. Support for community health workers contributes to strong, resilient health systems that can reach more people with lifesaving health care... -
27 May 2024The Path to Pandemic Preparedness Is Hidden in Plain Sight
By Shunsuke Mabuchi, Head of Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health and Pandemic Preparedness at the Global Fund
“Pandemic preparedness and response” wasn’t part of my job when I started working at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in 2022. I was hired to lead the organization’s work on health systems strengthening in the 120 countries whe... -
A rapidly changing global health landscape—marked by climate change, conflict, drug and insecticide resistance—threatens to reverse progress against the mosquito-borne disease malaria. One of the oldest and deadliest infections, malaria claimed 608,0...
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25 April 2024To End Malaria, We Must Advance Health Equity
By Scott Filler, Head of Malaria at the Global Fund
The fight against malaria is at a pivotal point. In recent years, the progress we have made against this disease has ground to a halt, particularly in countries that carry a high burden of the disease. -
25 April 2024The Women Leading the Charge Against Malaria in Cameroon
By Peter Sands, Executive Director
We have new tools, but it is the health workers on the frontline who make the difference against malaria. -
18 April 2024To End AIDS, We Must Reclaim Our Unyielding Pursuit of Equity
By Adv. Bience Gawanas, Vice-Chair of the Global Fund Board
As HIV practitioners gather this week in Yaoundé for AFRAVIH, the largest international Francophone conference on HIV/AIDS, and a few months before the 25th International AIDS Conference in Munich, the Vice-Chair of the Global Fund Board urges renewe... -
16 April 2024Empower African Youth So They Can Put an End to AIDS
By Patrick Fouda, Co-founder and Executive Director of the West and Central Africa Network of Positive Adolescents and Youth (RAJ+ AOC)
When AIDS swept across Africa at the end of the last century, many of our governments were denying or downplaying the problem and it was the young people who mobilized. Large numbers of them were affected so they gave their energy, and even their liv... -
09 April 2024Community Health Workers Bridge the Gap
Community health workers play a central role in fighting HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. They are essential to build resilient health systems that can respond to new health threats and provide health care for all. -
For far too long, TB has been “the forgotten pandemic”: killing millions, but attracting a tiny fraction of the attention and resources that have been devoted to COVID-19 or even HIV. Yet now the fight against TB has remarkable momentum. In many coun... -
22 March 2024New Tools and Transformative Partnerships Can Help End TB
By Dr. Mohammed Yassin, Senior TB Advisor, the Global Fund
It appears new, lifechanging technologies come on the scene more and more with each passing year. In November 2022, the artificial intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT dominated global headlines; by January 2023, the digital application had more than 100 m... -
21 March 2024With Fresh Momentum, a Pivotal Moment for the Fight Against TB
By Eliud Wandwalo, Head of Tuberculosis, the Global Fund
In the fight against tuberculosis (TB), we may be on the cusp of an era of remarkable progress. The end of TB may not be here yet, but if the world grabs the momentum we have built in the last two years in the fight against this disease, we can make ... -
Mira Alimbaeva, from Kyrgyzstan, holds a master’s degree in international relations from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest and is a member of the Global Fund Youth Council. She advocates for TB patients and raises awareness on TB stigma and discri... -
14 February 2024Conflict and Climate Change Are Supercharging Malaria, But It Can Be Stopped
By Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund, and Achim Steiner, Administrator of UNDP
The link between climate and the spread of malaria is well-acknowledged. As the planet warms, the threat posed by this ancient killer will only increase. We are already seeing signs of that future. In 2022, Pakistan experienced its worst malaria out... -
12 January 2024Pandemic or Not, Medical Oxygen Remains Essential
By Peter Sands, Executive Director, The Global Fund
Among the most shocking images from the COVID-19 pandemic were of people gasping for air, unable to breathe, their blood oxygen so severely depleted that some died in ambulances lined up outside hospitals. In wealthier countries, there was a panicked... -
12 December 2023Celebrating 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... -
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 2023Against 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... -
02 December 2023Ending 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... -
01 December 2023Communities 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 ...