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20 March 2025
Champa and Rekha: Fighting Tuberculosis Through Fear and Floods in Bangladesh
It started raining mid-morning – a light drizzle. Community health worker Champa Tidakar was prepared. She’d heard there would be a huge storm. Together with her husband, father-in-law, teenage son and young daughter, she gathered some non-perishable... -
07 March 2025
These Women Are Keeping Us All Safe From Infectious Disease
A health crisis anywhere is a threat to people everywhere. This is why investments fighting HIV, TB and malaria are so vital – not only to fight the world’s deadliest diseases, but also to ensure that health systems everywhere are equipped to detect ... -
05 March 2025
Dmytro and Yulia Face the Frontlines of War to Deliver Lifesaving Care in Ukraine
Dmytro Korobenko dreamed of traveling across his country – but he never imagined the circumstances that would turn this dream into reality. “It’s hard for me to remember my life before the war, before 2022,” he says. “Everything has changed for me.” ... -
23 January 2025
Digital Solutions Help Catch and Contain Outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Kinshasa-based National Centre for Epidemiological Intelligence seems a world away from the mega city’s notoriously chaotic streets. Although unassuming from the outside, this building is the epicenter of the vast digital disease surveillance sys... -
19 December 2024
A Year in Review: 2024
This year, the Global Fund partnership continued to deliver on its promise to end the world’s deadliest diseases. We look back at 2024 with a collection of powerful people and stories about harnessing the power of new tools, innovation and building s... -
27 November 2024
In Namibia, Comprehensive HIV Services Change Young People’s Lives
Lazarus Fillemon’s phone pings constantly. Where are you? When are you coming? I have a question. I have a story. Lazarus, 30, is a youth ambassador for i-BreakFree, a community engagement program run by Global Fund partner One Economy Foundation in ... -
21 November 2024
Integrated HIV, TB and Malaria Care Supports Mothers-to-Be and Newborns in Kenya
Catherine Nyiva’s first pregnancy was difficult. She didn’t know what to expect. “I was very scared,” she says. “At the clinic, we did not have time to talk to nurses one on one, to express our fears, to ask questions.” Eventually, Catherine delivere... -
08 November 2024
Equipped with Cutting-Edge Tools, Heroic Health Workers Lead the Charge Against TB in Iraq
For years, Dr. Bashar Hashim Abbas, manager of the National Tuberculosis Program in Mosul, Iraq, worked from unair-conditioned trailers, under bombardment and without adequate supplies and equipment to protect him from infection. -
09 October 2024
Paralegal, Peer Educator and Sex Worker, Bell is Breaking Down Barriers in DRC
Bell is a paralegal, peer educator and sex worker in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Too often, sex workers face stigma, discrimination and criminalization that prevents them from accessing HIV prevention, testing and care. Sex workers are four... -
09 October 2024
Dr. Rosette is Breaking Down Stigma and Discrimination in DRC
Dr. Rosette is the head physician at Centre Convivial, a drop-in centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s capital city, Kinshasa. The centre is a safe space for people who are disproportionately affected by HIV, but stigma and discrimination ...