Stop TB Partnership and Johnson & Johnson, with support fromUSAID and The Global Fund, Announce Price Reduction for bedaquiline for Treatment of DR-TB in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

by Plataforma LAC | Jul 11, 2020 | About the response against AIDS, TB and Malaria

Source: http://www.stoptb.org Joint efforts aim to accelerate scale-up of WHO-recommended all-oral treatment regimens – a transition urgently needed to help protect the health of people with drug resistant-tuberculosis who are particularly vulnerable during COVID-19...

Continued availability and affordability of life-saving tools critical to avoid doubling of malaria deaths this year and win global fight against the disease

by Plataforma LAC | Jul 11, 2020 | About the response against AIDS, TB and Malaria

Source: https://endmalaria.org Geneva, 19 June 2020 — In conjunction with the annual Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) Suppliers Forum convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) this week, the RBM Partnership to End Malaria is calling on governments, manufacturers...

UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic shows that 2020 targets will not be met because of deeply unequal success; COVID-19 risks blowing HIV progress way off course

by Plataforma LAC | Jul 11, 2020 | About the response against AIDS, TB and Malaria

Source: https://www.unaids.org Missed targets have resulted in 3.5 million more HIV infections and 820 000 more AIDS-related deaths since 2015 than if the world was on track to meet the 2020 targets. In addition, the response could be set back further, by 10 years or...

“The TRP is still reviewing a number of gender-blind funding requests”

by Plataforma LAC | Jul 11, 2020 | News

Author: Aidspan Team | 24 Jun 2020 Source: https://www.aidspan.org/ Gender mainstreaming is still too timid in funding requests, jeopardizing the impact of Global Fund investments The country dialogue process and the preparation of funding requests is either underway...

The Global Fund adds three new priority areas of matching funds

by Plataforma LAC | Jul 11, 2020 | News

Source: https://www.aidspan.org The Global Fund adds three new priority areas of matching funds Matching funds are an additional funding stream that the Global Fund provides to selected countries to incentivize these countries to allocate more resources from their...