Replenishing the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

The replenishment conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria on 21 September 2022 aimed to raise $18bn from supporting donors. It got $14.25bn.1 The UK (currently the fund’s third largest donor) did not pledge but stated a commitment to the fund’s work.While funding fell short of what was requested, the replenishment was seen as a success, with increased support from the US, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, France, and the Gates Foundation, along with new support from low and middle income countries, including Tanzania, Malawi, Indonesia, and Ghana.The Global Fund was formed in 2002 after a recommendation by the G8 group of high income countries2 and represented a seismic change in how global health was financed: by pooling funding from multiple sources including governments, the private sector, and multilateral agencies. Decades of economic decline had left many low and middle income countries struggling to reform and fund…
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