Programs supported by the Global Fund partnership had saved 44 million lives as of the end of 2020. But over the last year, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating.
Martha Clara Nakato was 14 years old when she learned she had been born with HIV. At first gripped by fear, she fought to overcome the misconceptions in her community. Today she is an advocate for young people living with HIV. “I believe that my stor...
Dr. Zolelwa Sifumba of South Africa tells the story of her fight to beat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. “TB is seen to be a dirty disease that can only infect a certain kind of person. But the truth is that anyone can get TB. The only thing that m...
AIDS, TB and malaria were in retreat, but today they are fighting back. We know the terrible strength of these diseases, and they are starting to gain ground. We have come too far to let this happen. This year we decide – to save 16 million lives, to...
Malaria is the biggest killer of children under the age of 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. During the rainy season – July to October – Saybatou Moussa and other community health workers go door-to-door to give preventive antimalarial medicine to young chil...
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