Results Canada views the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria as the main mechanism to increase resources towards detecting, treating, and preventing TB. Each year 6 million people around the world are killed from HIV/AIDS,TB and malaria. These three deadly diseases undermine efforts to raise living standards and eradicate poverty in many of the world's worst affected countries. The single largest financier in the fight against these major diseases ravaging the developing world is the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
The Global Fund is an innovative, multi-lateral global partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities that combines resources towards fighting AIDS, TB and malaria through grants programs. Founded on a performance-based, demand driven model to ensure that only the most effective and successful programs are funded, the Global Fund epitomizes efficiency in combating the three diseases. No other multilateral funding mechanism for health has yielded the incredible success and impact that the Global Fund has in the short time span it has been operational.
The incredible success of the Global Fund has lead to increased demand. Over the years, grant-recipient-countries have increased their experience and ramped up successful projects and are having impact. Now they are looking to scale up. In 2009, the Global Fund approved $3.1 billion in funding for project proposals, more so than any other year. But as more and more solid proposals for funding from developing nations continue to stream in, donor funding must keep up. Without an infusion of support, new proposals will go unfunded and people will die needlessly.
