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19 September 2023Rwanda’s Robust Digital Health Systems Vital in Fight Against COVID-19
Primary school French teacher Aloys Butoyi has been passionate about educating children since he became a teacher over 20 years ago. Mr. Butoyi teaches at the Excel School in Musanze, Rwanda. Like most teachers, he remembers the COVID-19 pandemic as ... -
11 September 2023Tools to Turbocharge the Fight Against Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases in the world, killing over 1.5 million people every year. Even more devastating is that TB is preventable, treatable and curable – but too often people most at risk can’t access the t... -
31 August 2023Building Back After Historic Storm
When the floodwaters started rushing through Celina Tembe’s home, a neighbor helped Celina and her three children to safety. “In the past, we knew that during the winter there would be no rain,” says Celina. “But nowadays it has become… normal.” Mos... -
15 August 2023In Burkina Faso, a Mobile App Replaces Pen and Paper Records to Help Transform Community Health
Community health worker Marc Ilboudo often provides care to the very youngest children in his village. Most days, he conducts at-home visits for families living in Pousghin, approximately 30 kilometers northeast of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital... -
Innocent was only 6 years old when his father died from an AIDS-related illness. Soon after the little boy began feeling sick himself. After visiting multiple health centers, Innocent eventually ended up at the Baylor Foundation in Malawi’s capital c... -
18 July 2023Through Voix EssentiELLES, Farida Fights for the Rights of Women and Girls in Burkina Faso
When Farida Tiemtoré was a 23-year-old student she had big dreams. “I said to myself, ‘Why not create something on the internet to enable people to get the right information?’ Straightaway, the blog let me connect with girls and with female role mode... -
Across Viet Nam, health workers at every level of care – from national laboratories to village health centers – are overcoming obstacles to beat back HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. -
17 April 2023For Fazila and Millions of Others in Pakistan, Climate Change Brings Extreme Floods and Malaria
Nothing could stop the flood waters. Fazila, a 25-year-old midwife, received a red alert to evacuate her village in Pakistan’s Sindh province. -
23 March 2023“But I Can’t Just Give Up.” In the Shadow of War, Yulia Continues to Support People with TB in Ukraine
By Yulia Malyk
Yulia is a tuberculosis (TB) outreach worker in Kharkiv, Ukraine. She works with 100% Life, the largest patient civil society organization in the country, which is also a Global Fund partner. In her role, she provides community-based health outreach ... -
Strong health systems are vital to ending AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, responding to emergencies that fuel disease and preparing for future health threats.