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11 February 2022
Mozambique: Transforming the National Laboratory System in Response to COVID-19
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Mozambique’s public health laboratory network experienced frequent supply stock-outs and capacity was centralized in two locations. When COVID-19 hit, the country was able to conduct only 600 COVID-19 tests a day fo... -
11 February 2022
Bangladesh: Rapid Recovery of Tuberculosis Case Notifications
When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit Bangladesh, tuberculosis (TB) case notifications dropped by 22% between 2019 and 2020, an alarming decrease in one of the world’s 30 high-TB burden countries. -
11 February 2022
Bryanna Nicole Camey From Guatemala City, Guatemala
Bryanna Nicole Camey studied business, but never managed to get a job in her field. She says this is “because of the way people look at me.” Faced with stigma and harassment, Bryanna, like many transgender women in Guatemala, makes a living as a sex ... -
11 February 2022
Partnering for Innovation: Reaching Communities in Mali Through Digital Health Initiatives
Monitoring the spread of COVID-19 in communities can be challenging. Lockdowns and restrictions mean that fewer people can access health facilities, and fear of contagion can discourage people from seeking out health care even if they have symptoms. -
03 February 2022
Maia’s Story: Mobile App Transforms Drug-resistant TB Treatment
Maia Chikovani is a busy mother of two boys. She spends her days looking after Luka, 14, and Saba, 12; managing the household; and tending to the animals on their small farm in the village of Bashi in western Georgia. She also works outside the home ... -
20 December 2021
Reflecting on 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to dominate all aspects of life this past year – tragically claiming millions of lives, straining health systems and worsening existing inequalities. For the first time in the Global Fund’s 20-year history, progress wa... -
29 November 2021
Ukraine: Breaking Down Human Rights Barriers to Accelerate the Fight Against HIV
Over the last two decades, the world has made tremendous progress in the fight against HIV. In countries where the Global Fund invests, AIDS-related deaths have dropped by 65% since the Global Fund was founded 20 years ago. But progress has not been ... -
25 November 2021
Fighting Violence Against Women and Girls During COVID-19
When COVID-19 arrived and countries went into lockdown, this not only posed a threat to people’s health, but also to their human rights. Occurrences of gender-based violence (GBV) – where a person is attacked based on their gender or gender identity ... -
03 November 2021
20 Years of Progress to Protect Mothers and Babies From HIV
The four-year age gap between 18-year-old Aaliyah and 22-year-old Winnie may seem insignificant, but because both girls were born to HIV-positive mothers at a time when prevention of mother-to-child-transmission therapies (PMTCT) were only beginning ... -
18 October 2021
From Football Stadiums to Hospital Beds: Responding to COVID-19 in Malawi
For two months in early 2021, Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe – the largest stadium in Malawi – was not a place for football. Instead, a devastating second wave of COVID-19 had overwhelmed hospitals and turned the stadium into a temporary field ho...