Author: LAC Platform Published by: LAC Platform Year: 2020 Type of Document: Guide Description: This guide responds to a request from people with disabilities (PWD) participating in Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GF) related settings in Latin...
Source: https://theconversation.com Malaria has been a terrible human disease from before the neolithic period up to present day. It has likely caused more human deaths than any other infectious agent. If realised, malaria eradication could be amongst...
Source: https://www.unaids.org 04 JUNE 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone, including key populations at higher risk of HIV. And the gains made against other infectious diseases, including HIV, are at risk of being reversed as a result of disruptions...
Source: https://www.unaids.org GENEVA, 7 July 2020—UNAIDS is deeply saddened by the death of Renate Koch, a campaigning pioneer for social justice, feminism and equal rights. Originally from Germany, she made the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela her home. Together...
Source: https://www.unaids.org 02 JUNE 2020 Twinkle Paule, a transgender activist, migrated from Guyana to the United States of America two years ago. As the COVID-19 crisis deepened, she thought of her “sisters” back home and in neighbouring Suriname. For many of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Author: Samuel Muniu | 24 Jun 2020 Source: https://www.aidspan.org Disregard of human rights during the COVID-19 crisis Since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on 11 March 2020, countries all over the world have instituted containment...
Countries seek innovative ways to mitigate the impact of disruptions and keep services going 6 July 2020 Source: https://www.who.int Seventy-three countries have warned that they are at risk of stock-outs of antiretroviral (ARV) medicines as a result of the COVID-19...