The Global Fund: Then and Now
Whenever someone visited their home village in Zambia, they would be afraid to ask the whereabouts of friends and relatives. Often times the answer was, “Didn’t you hear?” Nothing else needed to be said. This grim scene changed when the Global Fund started supporting programs that provided treatment for people with AIDS and TB. Now when people in Zambia return to their village or town and asks, “Where’s John?” the answer is not “Didn’t you hear?” The response is more likely to be, “He went to Botswana for work” or “He went to South Africa to go to school.”
— Winstone Zulu, Zambia TB-HIV Advocate (1964-2011)
Within a decade the Global Fund stopped the terror that was draining the life out of societies, cultures, and economies around the world. Below are facts and figures that highlight the Global Fund’s successes and encourage critical reflection on global efforts to eradicate diseases of poverty.
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4.1 million
Over the last decade the Global Fund has prevented 4.1 million TB deaths. Source: The Global Fund 2011
4,000
Every day Global Fund programs save 4,000 lives. Source: The Global Fund 2011
6.6 million
Worldwide, 6.6 million people in low and middle-income countries are on AIDS treatment, up from 200,000 a decade ago. Source: UNAIDS Data Tables 2011
3000%
Access to AIDS treatment has increased over 3000% since the beginning of the Global Fund.
230 million
Since 2002 the Global Fund has distributed over 230 million insecticide-treated nets for the prevention of malaria. Source: The Global Fund 2011
25%
Malaria deaths have dropped 25% in the last decade. Source: Roll Back Malaria 2011
8.2 million
The Global fund has treated over 8.2 million cases of Tuberculosis since 2002. Source: The Global Fund 2011
48%
Forty-eight percent of all people on AIDS treatment depend on the Global Fund to receive their medication. Source: The Global Fund 2011
1.3 million
Between 2002 and the end of 2010, 1.3 million pregnant women with HIV received antiretroviral prophylaxis through prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PTMCT) programs supported by the Global Fund. Source: The Global Fund Results Report 2011
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Now — a decade after the Fund’s creation — we have real hope about bringing an end to the world’s three most deadly infectious diseases. The tragic irony is that just as there is real hope to end disease; donors are forcing the Global Fund to stall its progress.
1 million
We can prevent 1 million TB deaths among people living with HIV by 2015 by implementing existing tools and expanding services. Source: Stop TB Partnership 2011
12.2 million
New modeling shows that an increased investment of $6 billion for AIDS drugs will prevent 12.2 million new HIV infections by 2020. Source: UNAIDS 2011
7.4 million
New modeling shows that an increased investment of $6 billion for AIDS drugs will save 7.4 million people by 2020. Source: UNAIDS 2011
