Global Fund [to 30 January 2016]

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Global Fund [to 30 January 2016]
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Dutch Postcode Lottery Supports TB Programs for Syrian Refugees
28 January 2016
AMSTERDAM – The Dutch Postcode Lottery announced a contribution of €2.5 million to the Global Fund to support the fight against tuberculosis among Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will match the contribution from the Dutch Postcode Lottery.

“Partnerships like this allow us to better focus on leaving no one behind, regardless of their status, circumstance, or ethnic and religious background,” said Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the Global Fund. “TB is a serious challenge, and collective efforts to reduce it are ultimately connected with achieving quality access to health care by all.”

Marieke van Schaik, Managing Director of the Dutch Postcode Lottery, said: “We are honored to grant this award to the Global Fund to support the work that the organization is doing in emergency situations.”

The Global Fund partnership, through the Emergency Fund special initiative, provides access to funds in emergency situations connected with HIV, TB or malaria. The Emergency Fund currently supports the provision and continuity of essential TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment services in Lebanon and Jordan, and will be expanded to Iraq.

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Global Fund Hails New Malaria Investment
25 January 2016
GENEVA – The Global Fund welcomes a significant new investment against malaria by the United Kingdom and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Announced today in Liverpool by George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the funding of £3 billion over the next five years will support research and other efforts to eliminate malaria.

The new fund will accelerate gains made against the mosquito-borne disease. Global efforts have already achieved a 60 percent decline in deaths since 2000, when malaria killed one million people, mostly young children. Yet today’s announcement underscored the need to expand efforts to eliminate this preventable disease.

The fund will receive £500 million a year from Britain’s overseas aid budget for the next five years, as well as US$200 million a year from the Gates Foundation to support research and development and accelerate malaria elimination efforts…