Global Fund – Announcements:

– Germany Makes EUR 1 Billion Contribution to the Global Fund  24 January 2013  –

– Global Fund Executive Director Calls for Focused Action to Fight Infectious Disease 22 January 2013  –

Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said today that concentrated action will achieve significantly greater impact on infectious diseases that threaten maternal and child health.

“We need to move past the tyranny of averages,” said Dr. Dybul. “We all see country and regional average rates of HIV, TB and malaria, but they mask micro-hyper-epidemics where transmission rates are very high.

A micro-hyper epidemic is an outbreak of disease that is highly concentrated among a part of the population, putting a wider population at risk of infection.

“By focusing high-impact interventions where new infections are occurring, countries will get the biggest bang for the buck. We can support them to control major killers – preventing many millions of new infections, and saving millions of lives. That will also save billions of dollars.”

Dr. Dybul was speaking at a global health conference in Oslo entitled, “Accelerating Progress: Saving Women’s and Children’s Lives in the Coming Decade.” In a thematic session on “How to get more health for the money,” Dr. Dybul took part in a discussion focused on commodity supply and distribution…

– Global Fund Appoints Osamu Kunii as Head of Strategy Investment and  Impact – 21 January 2013

– Mark Dybul Begins as Executive Director of the Global Fund – 21 January 2013