Global Fund To Fight Aids, TB, and Malaria
The Global Fund is a worldwide partnership to defeat HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. The partnership raises and invests more than US$5 billion a year to fight deadly infectious diseases and strengthen health systems and pandemic preparedness in more than 100 of the hardest hit countries.
Faith leaders, religious congregations and faith-based civil society organizations are critical partners in global health programming and are well positioned to make substantial contributions to the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria[IC1] . The Global Fund has distributed around $450-500 million per year in grants to faith-based organizations in low and middle-income countries.
Since 2002, the Global Fund partnership — which also includes broader civil society, health workers, governments and the private sector — has saved at least 65 million lives and reduced the combined death rate from the three diseases by 63%.
Ending the epidemics once and for all
Ending the AIDS, TB and malaria epidemics is a powerful way to save lives and fight poverty. By removing the shadow of these diseases, communities will have the opportunity to prosper and thrive. Children and young people will be able to reach for a future free from the threat of disease. The remarkable progress against AIDS, TB and malaria over the last 20 years is largely due to America’s strong bipartisan leadership and investments in global health. In 2023 alone:
· 695,000 mothers living with HIV received medicine to keep them alive and prevent transmitting HIV to their babies
· 25 million people were on life-saving antiretroviral therapy for HIV
· 227 million mosquito nets distributed to protect families from malaria
· 44.6 million children received seasonal malaria chemoprevention, a cost-effective and targeted intervention for kids under the age of five
· 7.1 million people were treated for TB
The Global Fund can save an additional 23 million lives between 2027 and 2029 – but only with continued U.S. leadership.