A child born today in Japan can expect to live to more than 84 years of age. By contrast, a child born in Lesotho can expect to live to just 50 years – a gap of 34 years between the countries with the world’s longest and shortest life expectancies.
Le Fonds mondial a joué depuis 20 ans un rôle décisif dans la réduction du fardeau des pandémies qui ont freiné le développement de l’Afrique. Mais, après des années de progrès, la pandémie de Covid-19 nous a fait reculer.
In the last three years we have seen our society paralysed. Normal life was brought to a halt as an unknown virus came to these shores. More recently, a health emergency has been declared as we scramble to deal with another disease — monkeypox — spre...
The World Health Organization’s recent declaration of monkeypox as a global health emergency underscores a disconcerting reality: The world is beset by interlocking and intersecting crises. Deadly heat waves are sweeping the globe, sparking wildfires...
As African and Japanese leaders prepare to gather for the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Tunisia this month, the world faces numerous interwoven challenges. Conflicts in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Central African Republi...
J’ai contracté le paludisme il y a des dizaines d’années, alors que j’étais encore une jeune fille, mais je m’en souviens comme si c’était hier. Le corps affaibli, je ne pouvais plus me nourrir, ni dormir, ni aller à l’école.
Commonwealth leaders meet in the Rwandan capital Kigali this week. They have an opportunity to accelerate the fight against infectious diseases, including malaria, while also building resilient health systems that can protect the world from the next ...
Two former British prime ministers have urged the government to increase spending on tackling AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, after the pandemic reversed recent gains that have been made in eradicating the three diseases.
I had imagined this year’s International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia very differently. In a normal year, Ukraine’s LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) community uses this day to make our voices heard, educate...
La lutte contre la tuberculose est un parcours long et semé d’embûches. Depuis la création du Fonds mondial il y a 20 ans, le fardeau de la tuberculose n’a cessé de diminuer. Cependant, la tuberculose multirésistante représente toujours une lourde me...
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