At the recently concluded World TB on March 24, the Global Fund made an urgent call for the world to reignite the fight to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. The COVID-19 pandemic has upended years of progress in the fight against TB. Deaths from the disease rose for the...
GF launches drive to restore progress against AIDS, TB and Malaria amid Covid-19 disruption
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria launched the Seventh Replenishment campaign at a virtual global health summit held on 23 February. Speaking during the launch, the Chairman of the Global Fund Board Dr. Donald Kaberuka appreciated the Presidents...
Global Fund plans additional Covid 19 Response Mechanism financing
The Global Fund’s COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM) recently said it would award additional funding to respond to urgent needs to reinforce the COVID-19 response through a Fasttrack modality. According to a letter written by the Global Fund on February 16, the...
Getting TB diagnosis right: Saving Nyakato and her children
“If you don’t come soon, you may never see me and the baby alive again!” That is all Nyakato could say over the neighbor’s cellphone to her older sister Beatrice. Nyakato and her two-year-old daughter, Ahabwe, were in the grip of a debilitating illness that was...
Uganda launches the COVID-19 vaccination campaign
Uganda joined the rest of the world to launch the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign at Mulago Women and Neonatal Hospital in Kampala, where over 300 individuals were vaccinated against COVID-19 using the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of...