The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said its board re-appointed Professor Michel Kazatchkine as Executive Director for a further three-year-term. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, chair of the Board of the Global Fund and the Minister of Health of Ethiopia, commented, “I congratulate Professor Kazatchkine on his reappointment as Executive Director. He has led the Global Fund through a period of rapid growth that has enabled many countries to make major progress towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals. The Board looks forward to working with him in the coming years as we continue our global effort to fight these major epidemics.” The Global Fund noted that since its creation in 2002 it “has become a leading force in the fight against the three diseases. With approved funding of US$21.7 billion for 140 countries, it is the main international financier for the three diseases, supporting more than half of those on antiretroviral treatment globally and providing around two-thirds of international funding for tuberculosis and malaria.”

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