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Global Fund Announces US$14 Billion Target to Step Up the Fight Against AIDS, TB and Malaria Ahead of Lyon Conference in October 2019
The Global Fund, PARIS, 11 January 2019 - "The Global Fund today announced its fundraising target for the next three-year cycle, outlining how a minimum of US$14 billion will help save 16 million lives, cut the mortality rate from HIV, TB and malaria in half, and build stronger health systems by 2023. The summary of the Sixth Replenishment Investment Case describes what can be achieved by a fully funded Global Fund, the new threats facing global health progress today, and the risks if we don’t step up the fight now.
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On results reporting and evidentiary standards: spotlight on the Global Fund
The Lancet - "Since its inception in 2002, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) has disbursed more than US$39 billion across 120 countries. Funding provided by donors, mainly the USA, France, the UK, Germany, and Japan, has undoubtedly affected the lives of millions of people.
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Step up or slip back? The case for investing $14 billion for the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment
aidspan.org - "Step Up the Fight” is the title of the Investment Case document published by the Global Fund for the Sixth Replenishment. That phrase accurately reflects the central message of the Investment Case which is that the Fund and its many partners need to “build on the gains we have made, or we [will] see those achievements eroded, infections and deaths resurge, and the prospect of ending the epidemics disappear.”
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Are African countries ready for the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment’s push toward greater domestic financing to end HIV, TB and malaria?
aidspan.org - "This year (2019) is a replenishment year for the Global Fund. With every replenishment comes a greater push for more domestic financing. Are the African countries ready?
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Offline: Can the Global Fund survive?
The Lancet - "France will host the Sixth Replenishment Conference for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in 2019. The result may make or break the Global Fund. Although the date of the conference is not formally confirmed, it is likely to be sometime between June, when France will host the G7, and September (the UN General Assembly in New York). by Richard Horton
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Fully Filling the Global Fund
Project Syndicat - "In a world divided by conflict and greed, the Global Fund’s fight against AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria is a matter of enlightened self-interest and a reminder of how much humanity can accomplish when we cooperate to save lives. For public and private donors, that means providing the financing needed to eliminate all three scourges by 2030. (by Jeffry D. Sachs et al.)
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Advancing global health and strengthening the HIV response in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals - The International AIDS Society—Lancet Commission
The Lancet - "The sustainable development goals (SDGs) have marked a new era in global development-to strive towards a healthier, fairer, and safer world by 2030. Improving the health and well-being of the world’s people is at the core of the SDGs and attaining universal health coverage is central to those health-related goals.
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SolidarMed ensures better quality of life for mothers and children affected by HIV
aidsfocus.ch - Supporting the local health system in Mozambique is a key measure to improve the quality of life for mothers and children affected by HIV. In partnership with local health care services, SolidarMed has actively traced 1’197 HIV-infected mothers lost to follow up and re-integrated them into anti-retroviral therapy (ART). (Photo: Chiùre Hospital, Mozambique/ © Christian Heuss)
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«Wir arbeiten sparsam und setzen die Spendengelder vorsichtig und effizient ein»
Der Murtenbieter - Ruedi Lüthy im Interview: «Es sind insgesamt gesehen die besten 15 Jahre in meinem bisherigen beruflichen Leben.»
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HIV, Syphilis, Gonorrhoe und Chlamydiose in der Schweiz im Jahr 2017: eine epidemiologische Übersicht
Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG) - "Im Jahr 2017 ist ein deutlicher Rückgang der an das BAGgemeldeten HIV-Diagnosen zu verzeichnen. Vermehrte Testung besonders exponierter Personengruppen und eine immer früher einsetzende Behandlung scheinen eine Trendwende ausgelöst zu haben.
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The future of UNAIDS
Devex - "Berlin: The United Nations AIDS agency ended 2018 in crisis. It is unclear how it will recover. The troubles center on the contents of a report, published by an independent panel in December, documenting how the program's leaders failed to prevent or respond to allegations of sexual harassment, bullying, and abuse of power.
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DFID needs to keep pushing on AIDS, says HIV-positive MP
Devex - "LONDON — The United Kingdom’s aid department must put more resources into fighting HIV/AIDS or risk seeing global progress backslide, according to politician Lloyd Russell-Moyle, who stood up in the House of Commons and revealed he was HIV positive late last year.
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She Conquers in South Africa
UNAIDS - "When she was four years old, Selokela Molamodi’s teacher asked the class what they wanted to be when they grew up. While her classmates volunteered more conventional professions, such as nurses, doctors and lawyers, Ms Molamodi’s answer, given with a fiery determination, was, “I want to be Minister of Education.”
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Health for All, Means All
Medium - "Negative rhetoric against LGBTI people and crackdowns on civil society are shaping an environment of fear and repression in countries around the world, driving individuals underground and away from health systems and services. At the same time, many countries are taking steps to achieve universal health coverage — the idea that everyone, everywhere should have access to a set of essential health services without experiencing financial hardship.
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Six innovative models for PrEP services
aidsmap.com - "For pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to have a substantial public health impact, access to PrEP needs to be improved so that more people who would benefit from it receive PrEP. Services need to adapt and innovate.
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PEPFAR Releases New DREAMS Report 2018
PEPFAR - "The report highlights that, in the past year, new HIV diagnoses among adolescent girls and young women continued to decline in 85 percent of the highest HIV burden communities/districts that are implementing the program’s DREAMS public-private partnership.
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2019 Country Operational Plan Guidance for all PEPFAR Countries
PEPFAR - "The newly-released final PEPFAR Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Country Operational Plan (COP) Guidance, which was informed by more than 540 comments from stakeholders around the world, will guide the development of continued lifesaving HIV prevention and treatment programs for all PEPFAR-supported countries and regions.
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Focus on key populations in national HIV strategic plans in the WHO African Region Report
WHO - "National strategic plans (NSPs) play a vital role in fostering the understanding of and guiding the collective response to HIV epidemics. WHO commissioned a review of the most recent national strategic plans of 47 countries in the WHO African Region for their coverage of key populations. This review sought to identify strengths, gaps and weaknesses in the way that that these plans consider key populations.
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Sexarbeit
Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG) - "Das HIV&STI-Forum 2019 findet am 21. März 2019 im Kongresshaus in Biel zum Thema Sexarbeit statt. Anmeldungen bis am 4. März 2019 profitieren von einem Frühbucherrabatt. Hier finden Sie das Programm und Informationen zur Tagungsanmeldung. Wir freuen uns, Sie am Forum begrüssen zu dürfen.
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Young people as actors in sexual health
MMS/aidsfocus.ch conference, 8 May 2019, Bern - Sexual health matters in youth! Young people’s health has started to attract the attention it deserves, and is increasingly prominent in global health initiatives.
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Women Deliver 2019 Conference
Women Deliver Conference, 3-6 June 2019, Vancouver, Canada - The world’s largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women. The Women Deliver 2019 Conference will focus on power, and how it can drive – or hinder – progress and change.
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The 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science
International AIDS Society Conference, July 2019, Mexico City - "The 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science – known as IAS 2019 – will take place on 21-24 July 2019 in Mexico City, Mexico.
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