2025

  • Founded in 1996, CESAC was the very first HIV clinic in Mali — established by a group of young doctors with few resources, but an unshakable commitment to caring for people living with HIV and AIDS. One of those doctors is Dr. Bintou Dembele.
  • In Namibia, young women remain disproportionately affected by HIV, facing higher risks due to social and economic vulnerabilities, limited access to services and gender-based violence. The Global Fund and partners support a comprehensive, youth-focus...
  • For 15 years, François Mafuku has been an HIV nurse at the Pediatric Foundation of Kimbondo Hospital on the outskirts of Kinshasa. He says that despite the undeniable progress made in the fight against HIV and AIDS, the disease continues to take a he...
  • Indonesia has the second-highest TB burden in the world – about 1 million people in the country fall ill with the disease every year. Drug-resistant TB, a deadly strain of the disease that is difficult to diagnose and does not respond to first-line t...
  • Anthony Estomata plays an important role in the fight against TB in the Philippines. As a Specimen Transport Rider (STRider), Anthony uses his motorcycle to transport sputum specimens from clinics to laboratories equipped with GeneXpert diagnostic ma...
  • Every year, tens of thousands of young children in Nigeria die from malaria – the country is home to a staggering 39 % of all global malaria deaths among children under 5 years old. To combat this tragic loss of life, the Global Fund works with the g...