Gender-based Violence and HIV/AIDS: A Rwandan Project Confronts the Connection
This is the first in a series of blog posts exploring how challenges to gender equality affect efforts to end...
New study: U.S. global health investments see major payoffs
News reports this week highlighted a PLOS Medicine study that found that U.S. investments in the fight against malaria have...
Why every cent matters in the U.S. global health budget
I recently had the honor of addressing the amfAR Capitol Hill Conference, “Making AIDS History: A Roadmap for Ending the...
Faith-based Coalition Members Sign Letter Championing Global Health
Today, 53 members of the Faith-based Coalition for Healthy Mothers and Children Worldwide sent a letter to Congressional appropriators championing robust...
Stopping the spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis
A new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases this week highlights that drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is expected to increase...
Health Requires a Healthy Voice for Civil Society
Click here for a PDF version of this page. Preserving and expanding space for civil society throughout the developing world...
Key Takeaways: The Global Fund’s 37th Board Meeting
The following are some key takeaways from the Global Fund’s 37th Board Meeting, held on May 3-4, 2017, in Kigali,...
World Malaria Day 2017: Inspiring advocacy in the fight against malaria
In the lead up to this year’s World Malaria Day, Friends President Chris Collins had the opportunity to speak at...
The Global Fund and the Private Sector: Partnerships for Better Health
From technical expertise and supply chain best practices to financial support and relationship-building, faith-based and private sector organizations are playing...
Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing: How Development Benefits the U.S. Economy
On March 28, the House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing titled, “The Budget, Diplomacy and Development,” to hear from...
‘The Lucky Specials’: Tuberculosis Awareness Through Storytelling
Ahead of World TB Day, the Friends team had the opportunity to attend the U.S. premiere of “The Lucky Specials,”...
Act Now: Support Investment in U.S. Foreign Assistance and Global Health
Improved health isn’t accomplished in a vacuum. It is connected to education, women and girls’ empowerment, economic development and nutrition....