As the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria releases its 2017 results, our associations commend the work that has been accomplished. We take this opportunity to highlight the reality faced by millions of people affected by these diseases and the financial resources that need to be mobilized to end them. With one year to go before the 6th Fund replenishment conference, which will be held for the first time in France, we call on Emmanuel Macron to do everything in his power to make it a success.
The Global Fund plays a vital role in developing countries. Since its creation by the G7 in 2001, 27 million lives have been saved thanks to the programs it funds in low- and middle-income countries—proof that the international community can be truly effective when it commits the necessary financial resources. It provides 65% and 57% of funding for tuberculosis and malaria, respectively. For HIV/AIDS, it it finances half of the antiretroviral treatments available worldwide.
However, the fight against pandemics is far from over: even today, they claim more than 8,000 lives every day. TheThe number of HIV infections remains very high among adolescent girls and young women, and the most vulnerable populations (men who have sex with men, transgender people, drug users, sex workers). Tuberculosis remains underdiagnosed, and resistance to antimicrobials and insecticides threatens our progress in the fight against tuberculosis and malaria.
However, this situation is not inevitable. Greater investment today would enable epidemics to be contained more quickly. If no effort is made, a resurgence of these epidemics is to be expected, as is already the case in certain regions for HIV/AIDS, malaria, and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, which accounts for one-third of deaths due to antibiotic resistance. The direct and indirect costs of these epidemics are, and will continue to be, much higher than the estimated costs of stopping them. For tuberculosis alone, without accelerated efforts, the loss to the global economy would amount to $983 billion over the next 15 years.1 Experts now estimate thatbetween $16.8 billion and $18 billion is needed for the Global Fund for the period 2020-2022 2. Ending epidemics will only be possible with genuine political will. A first test will take place on September 26 at the United Nations headquarters 3 : world leaders are invited to set new health targets to eradicate tuberculosis. But the moment of truth will be the Global Fund Replenishment Conference, which Emmanuel Macron will host on October 10, 2019, in Lyon. To make it a historic success, the President must now assume his role as leader and mobilize his counterparts immediately! It is time for our leaders to make history by providing the most concrete proof of their willingness to end epidemics: by increasing their contributions.
1 – Source: Report: The Price of a Pandemic – Global TB Caucus
2 – Source: Estimates by the Global Fund Advocates Network (GFAN) independent expert group
3 – Source: High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis at the United Nations
Learn more about the Global Fund
– The Global Fund is a partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector, and people affected by the diseases, created in 2002 to accelerate the end of the HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria epidemics. It pools financial contributions financial contributions from governments and enables an effective fight against the three major pandemics by mobilizing and directly financing access to care, prevention tools, and civil society action. Historically, France is the second largest contributor to the Global Fund.largest contributor to the Fund.
– Its annual report on the 2017 results is published today, Wednesday, September 12. All results are available here (insert when available).
– France will host the Global Fund's replenishment conference for the first time on October 10, 2019, in Lyon: donors will announce their contributions to the Fund for the period 2020-2022.
– In 2015, the international community committed to ending the three pandemics by 2030 (Sustainable Development Goal No. 3).
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