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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.
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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The end of malaria is in sight in the Philippines. In 2002, the country recorded 38,347 cases of malaria and 122 deaths. Today, 72 of the Philippines’ 82 provinces are malaria-free, with nine provinces declaring zero indigenous cases and only one pro...
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Stephenie Rodriguez contracted cerebral malaria in 2019, and the disease changed her life. After a long and harrowing recovery, Stephenie became a champion athlete – competing in para-fencing competitions at the highest level across the globe – and a...
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Uganda’s National Medical Stores facility in Entebbe holds and distributes essential health commodities including medicines, diagnostics and 14 types of vaccines to more than 3,500 health facilities across the country.
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For the fight against AIDS to be effective, we need to start from the principle of “doing with them” rather than “doing for them”. Listening to and taking into account the needs of the populations affected are still the keys to success. In West and C...
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What do we need to achieve good health and well-being for all? To confront new and evolving challenges, and provide health care to everyone, everywhere? Health and community systems form the foundation of the fight against HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and ...
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Little Tony-Jason is a happy and curious 8-month-old. He lives with his 3-year-old sister Gabriella and his mother and father, Melissa and Tomnjong, in Soa, a town about 20 kilometers north of Cameroon’s capital city, Yaoundé. Born last August, Tony-...
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On a cold winter day, Adnan Saeed and his brother Rizwan travel from their home to the nearby village of Chak 168 GB Sirāj, about an hour’s drive from Faisalabad, Pakistan. The temperature dips down toward 0 degrees Celsius; still, dozens of men, wom...
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Natural disasters, extreme weather events, conflict and political instability can devastate local health systems, displace thousands of people and fuel the spread of disease. HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria disproportionately impact people caught ...
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Dr. Elie Azar’s office is in the newly-rebuilt Homs National Hospital in Homs, Syria. Homs is an ancient city in the heart of the country, near the Orontes River – a gateway to the Mediterranean coast. It has been a center of trade and industry for c...
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Júlia Lúis is an agente polivalentes elementare, or community health worker, in Upala-a village in Boane District, Mozambique. She visits families in her community every day, listening to and learning about their healthcare needs, conducting clinical...
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This year the Global Fund continued to deliver lifesaving services for people affected by HIV, TB and malaria – thanks to the unwavering commitment of communities, governments and partners. Our partnership came together to confront colliding crises i...
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For nearly 30 years Ion Popescu was a heavy drug user, and the scars of his decades-long addiction remain very visible today. After being hit by a train in Moscow while using drugs, Ion now walks with a limp and the help of a crutch. A deep scar runs...