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Focus: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Aug 22, 2019

Bundesrat gibt ein starkes Zeichen zugunsten der globalen Gesundheit

Medicus Mundi Schweiz (MMS/Basel, 21. August 2019) - Finanzielles Bekenntnis zum Global Fund und UNAIDS: Der Bundesrat hat sich mit den heutigen Finanzentscheiden zugunsten des Globalen Fonds zur Bekämpfung von HIV/Aids, Tuberkulose und Malaria und zugunsten von UNAIDS politisch hinter zwei wichtige Institutionen für die Gesundheit weltweit gestellt. Der Entscheid soll nicht zuletzt auch Genf als Welthauptstadt der globalen Gesundheit sichern helfen.

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Oct 09, 2019

Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment – Less Than Half-Way To Mark

Health Policy Watch - "The Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDs, Tuberculosis, and Malaria’s Sixth Replenishment Conference opens Wednesday in Lyon, France with the aim to secure some US$14 billion in funding for the next three years to tackle the world’s most deadly infectious diseases.

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Oct 04, 2019

Global Fund chief: 'I'm not going to count my chickens'

Devex - "NEW YORK — In two weeks, the global health community will find out if it is still possible to achieve ambitious funding goals at a moment of multilateral disarray — and if so, how.

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Oct 04, 2019

The Global Fund's Sixth Replenishment Conference: a challenge for France, a challenge for global health

The Lancet - "By hosting the Sixth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Lyon, France, on Oct 9–10, 2019, President Emmanuel Macron reaffirms France's longstanding contribution to the fight against these three diseases.

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Sep 25, 2019

Global Fund Partnership has Saved 32 Million Lives

The Global Fund - "GENEVA – Programs supported by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria have saved 32 million lives, according to a report released today. The Results Report 2019 shows great progress against some of the biggest challenges in the fight against the three diseases, while highlighting new threats.

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Oct 08, 2019

HIV prevention and the Global Fund – a pivotal moment in the response

Frontline AIDS - "How is it possible that, in 2018, an estimated 1.7 million people acquired HIV? Almost forty years in to the epidemic, it’s not as if we don’t know enough about HIV, how it’s transmitted and the devastating impact it can have on people’s health.

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Oct 07, 2019

Lessons Learned: Implementation of the Young Key Populations Programmes in the Global Fund Grant

Global Fund Advocacy Network (GFAN) - "LOLIPOP is a programme designed to increase testing, treatment, and adherence, and decrease new infection among young key populations in Indonesia. In 2016, this programme was implemented under the Global Fund Grant. The study aimed to [1] document activities targeting YKP under Global Fund Grant; [2] analyse the key achievement and challenge during the programme; and [3] know how the engagement of YKPs during the planning, implementation, and monitoring of the activities.

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