Stories

  • 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
    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 ...
  • 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...
  • 02 October 2024
    In Uganda, Laboratories Innovate to Prepare for Future Disease Threats
    Dr. Isaac Ssewanyana was a teenager when the full force of Uganda’s HIV epidemic struck home. A cousin – also a close friend – contracted HIV. “I wanted to be a doctor so I could be part of the solution,” he says. He was drawn to the laboratory, wher...
  • 19 September 2024
    Bangladesh: Providing TB Services to People Displaced by Climate Change
    Bangladesh has the sixth-highest TB burden in the world – but the country’s response has been consistent and robust. Every year, more than 300,000 people with TB are identified and connected to treatment. Deaths attributed to TB have fallen by 36% si...
  • 19 September 2024
    Sudan: Supporting People With Essential Health Care in Crisis
    Conflict in Sudan has resulted in millions of people being displaced from their homes. An estimated 80% of hospitals in conflict-affected areas in the country are unable to treat patients and medical supplies are depleted nationwide. Lack of access t...
  • 19 September 2024
    Namibia: At the Forefront of the HIV Response for Mothers and Children
    Like in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, women in Namibia are disproportionately impacted by HIV. But a focused, ongoing campaign has put the country on the forefront of fighting the disease – particularly for mothers and children.