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Reaching the Last Mile Welcomes Collective Commitment to Boost Support to Community Health Workers

Reaching the Last Mile – a portfolio of global health programs, investments, and initiatives working to end preventable diseases that affect the world’s most vulnerable communities– welcomes the commitment made by a coalition of partners to accelerate professional community health worker programs.

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Green Climate Fund and Global Fund Join Forces to Tackle Impact of Climate Crisis on Health

The two largest multilateral climate and health funds, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) and the Green Climate Fund, announced their intention today at the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai to tackle together the impact of climate change on the health of the most vulnerable communities around

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Ending AIDS Among Children Can Be An Inspiration Toward Ending All Preventable Deaths Among Children

In a world where those with less power and privilege are often forgotten, the welfare of children stands out. Even though they cannot advocate for themselves, or perhaps because of this, the world hasn’t done enough to stop preventable deaths among children. More than half of these deaths are due to conditions that could be

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The Global Fund to Spend 70% of Its Funding in Most Climate-vulnerable Countries

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) announced during the World Climate Summit at COP28 in Dubai that more than 70% of its funding – over US$9 billion over the next three years – will be spent in the 50 most climate-vulnerable countries to support health programs that must also

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41 Funders, Partners Endorse New Guiding Principles for Financing Climate and Health Solutions to Protect Health

A consortium of multilateral development banks and funders, countries, and philanthropies today published the Guiding Principles for Financing Climate and Health Solutions (“Guiding Principles”), announced at the World Climate Action Summit during the 28th session of Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC (COP28) in Dubai.

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Against A Foe As Formidable As HIV, Anything Less Than Victory Is Creating A Future Problem

With another World AIDS Day behind us, we reflect on the nearly 40 million people who have lost their lives to this terrible disease. Yet we should also recognize the extraordinary progress we have made in combatting HIV and AIDS. Since 2002, in countries where the Global Fund invests, AIDS-related deaths are down by 72%

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Communities Affected by HIV Will Write the Last Chapter of the Disease

Dramatic changes have shaped the fight against HIV in the last 20 years. Highly effective antiretroviral therapy existed at the turn of the millennium – but only in rich countries. For people living in low- and middle-income countries – like my home country, South Africa – testing positive for HIV equaled a death sentence. I

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Science points to ‘climate collapse’ as UN chief calls COP28 to action UN News – Global perspective Human stories

The world is heating up at an unprecedented pace, new climate data shows, and leaders gathered for the COP28 conference which opened in Dubai on Thursday must get us out of “deep trouble”, UN chief António Guterres said.The world is heating up at an unprecedented pace, new climate data shows, and leaders gathered for the

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