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AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria kill 6 million men, women and children each year - 16,000 people each day. The global fight against these diseases demands the support of international leaders, who must commit billions of dollars to meet the price tag of a comprehensive response. In 2007, the annual cost will total $20 billion for AIDS, plus another $3-5 billion for TB and malaria. But governments cannot win this fight alone. This is a challenge that needs all of us.
Friends of the Global Fight is a Washington, D.C. based advocacy organization which works to educate, engage and mobilize American decision-makes in the fight to end the worldwide burden of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Friends seeks to build a sustained commitment to supporting the Global Fund and the fight against the three diseases.
The Global Fund is a unique global public/private partnership dedicated to attracting and disbursing additional resources to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. This partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities represents a new approach to international health financing. The Global Fund works in close collaboration with other bilateral and multilateral organizations to supplement existing efforts dealing with the three diseases. Since it's creation in 2002, the Global Fund has approved $9.9 billion in grants across 136 countries to fight the three diseases.
Please note that Friends of the Global Fight is not a funding organization and does not accept grant requests.
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