April 3, 2025
Innovation to end the HIV, TB and malaria epidemics: Global Fund accelerating progress, focused on communities
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In recent years, global health has seen transformative innovations. Diseases once considered fatal are now manageable, global surveillance and immunization have slowed the spread of pathogens and tens of millions of lives have been saved. . However, innovation is only impactful if it is accessible. To drive progress and continue saving lives, key stakeholders must collaborate to ensure that new medical innovations reach those who need them most
In November 2024, Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, in partnership with the Georgetown University Global Health Institute, convened over two dozen experts from the tech and healthcare industries, academia and civil society to discuss the role of innovation and collaboration in ending the three epidemics.
Our new report synthesizes key insights from the convening and interviews with private sector healthcare innovators working alongside the Global Fund as it incentivizes, reduces costs and enlarges accessibility of innovation. It showcases game-changing advancements in prevention, diagnostics and treatment, alongside critical innovations in access—such as supply chains and laboratory networks—underscoring the indispensable role of communities in shaping and delivering innovation.
Visual from the report