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Author: Global Fund

Published by: Global Fund

Year: 2022

Type of Document: Summary

Description: To end HIV, TB and malaria as public health threats and address emerging dangers to global health security, we need to reach the most vulnerable people with prevention and treatment services, wherever they are. That means directing a sharper focus on challenging operating environments (COEs) – countries or regions that experience infectious disease outbreaks, natural disasters, armed conflicts or civil unrest, weak governance, climate change-related crises and/or mass displacement. Despite hosting less than 14% of the world’s population, COEs account for approximately one-third of the global disease burden for HIV, TB and malaria.