The Global Fund's Response to COVID-19
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G20’s Pandemic Preparedness report calls for new investments to be integrated with the Global Fund
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COVID-19 is Threatening Progress on AIDS, TB and Malaria
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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: A smart, lifesaving U.S. investment
THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, AND MALARIA
Is the world’s largest global health funder
Invests more than $4 billion a year in programs run by local experts and governments
Builds stronger health systems, health security and pandemic preparedness
Accelerates the end of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases
How the Global Fund Helps Countries Respond to COVID-19
Adapting AIDS, TB and Malaria Programs
Procuring Diagnostics
Providing Lifesaving Treatment
Equipping Health Workers with PPE
FEATURED
Ending AIDS
Translating Progress into Success to End the AIDS Epidemic is a collaboration between amfAR, AVAC, and Friends of the Global Fight, with technical assistance from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. The report was conceptualized to take stock of how far we have come – and how far we have to go – toward ending HIV and AIDS around the world.
Ending TB
TB is curable. We need renewed and sustained political will to combat this epidemic. We know we can end the TB epidemic. It is a matter of scaling up effective programs, dedicating sufficient resources and mobilizing the political will. This report highlights six locations where communities made impressive progress to significantly reduce TB cases and deaths – from California in the United States to Tomsk, Russia and Karachi, Pakistan.
The Global Fund & Health Security
More than one-third of the Global Fund's work to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria also supports health security, finds The Lancet Global Health. Vertical programs play an essential role to grow health security capacity.
Infographic: U.S. AIDS, TB and Malaria Investments and Pandemic Preparedness
How U.S. investments in the global fight to end AIDS, TB and malaria help prepare the world to identify and respond to emerging pandemics.
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How COVID-19 is Affecting the Global Response to AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a serious impact on the most vulnerable communities worldwide and threatens progress on HIV, TB, malaria, vaccination and other areas of health. Below, you can find regularly updated information on the impact of COVID-19 on HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria and news items from around the world on important developments. 1….
Infographic: Investing in pandemic preparedness and response will save us trillions
Pandemics are the greatest threat facing humanity. COVID-19 shows us how underprepared the world is to respond to pandemics. Investments in pandemic preparedness and response will save us trillions of dollars while ensuring that we have pro-active systems in place to fight off new infectious diseases. We cannot wait until the COVID-19 pandemic is over….
Human Rights are Essential to True Pandemic Preparedness and Response
By: Chris Collins and Mark P. Lagon Glaring disparities in COVID-19 vaccine access have put global health inequity in the headlines. But equity and, more broadly, human rights are not only relevant to the immediate challenge of vaccine distribution. Human rights – rights that belong to all people, including marginalized populations — are fundamental to…
G20’s Pandemic Preparedness report calls for new investments to be integrated with the Global Fund
On July 9, the Group of Twenty’s (G20) High Level Independent Panel released a report on Pandemic Preparedness and Response. The report: “A Global Deal for Our Pandemic Age” proposes a global plan that reduces vulnerability to future pandemics in order to avoid repeating the devastation caused by COVID-19. The G20 report explicitly calls for…
Friends welcomes House Appropriations Committee maintenance of U.S. contribution to the Global Fund
Washington, DC – Friends welcomes the House Appropriations Committee’s maintenance of support for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria at $1.56 billion in its fiscal year 2022 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) funding bill that passed out of committee today. “Thank you Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), ranking member Kay Granger…