Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

📽️ Check out highlights from Friends' recent celebration of #bipartisan congressional leadership on The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria! 🏆 Thank you to our honorees—Sen. John Boozman, Rep. Pete Aguilar, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, Rep. Grace Meng and faith leader Shepherd Smith—for their dedication to ending the world's deadliest diseases and saving millions of lives. Office of U.S. Senator John Boozman | Pete Aguilar, Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart | Grace Meng 📺 https://lnkd.in/geNU8_R8

🦟 Never before have we had such a powerful set of tools to fight #malaria. Check out a new video from Malaria No More UK and the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) to learn how investments in #globalhealth innovations can transform the fight against malaria—helping save hundreds of thousands of children’s lives and advancing critical progress toward #ZeroMalaria. 📺 https://lnkd.in/edvxpaXH

Just announced: The United Kingdom will co-host The Global Fund Eighth Replenishment later this year. The UK was a founding member of the Global Fund when it was established in 2002 and has been one of its largest donors over the past two decades. Thank you, #UnitedKingdom, for your unwavering dedication to the Global Fund partnership’s progress to end AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and to strengthen systems for health. #HealthierFuture Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office https://lnkd.in/db5k8fwJ

📈 Global conflict and wars are spurring the rise of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), reports Stuart Mathieson in a new article from The Irish Times. #AMR occurs when bacteria and other pathogens no longer respond to existing 💊 medicines, causing treatable infections to become lethal. Its impact goes beyond the lives of soldiers and civilians in conflict areas. Drug-resistant infections can easily spread across borders and become a dominant global threat. If unchecked, AMR could cause 10 million unnecessary deaths per year by 2050, says Mathieson. To prevent the development of 🦠#superbugs, governments must collaborate to incentivize antibiotic research, rebuild health infrastructure and monitor AMR in conflict zones. It’s also critical to continue fighting the #tuberculosis and #malaria epidemics globally, as treatment disruptions significantly exacerbate the rise and spread of AMR. 📖 Read the article: https://lnkd.in/gYGGFyYn   🛡️ Learn how The Global Fund partnership is working to combat AMR: https://lnkd.in/e8d7_GHE

⚠️ #Tuberculosis (TB) cases are resurging in North Carolina, Florida and Kansas, raising alarms among health officials as they work to contain the world’s deadliest infectious disease. In North Carolina, #TB cases have reached a 14-year high, with 250 cases reported in 2024—a 15.6% increase from the previous year 📈 (WECT News). Florida, which accounted for 6.5% of all U.S. TB cases in 2023, is also seeing growing concerns over transmission (Patch.com/Tampa). But the most alarming development is unfolding in Kansas, which is now grappling with the worst TB #outbreak in the U.S. since the 1950s. “This is a stark warning,” said Dr. Dana Hawkinson, an infectious disease expert at the The University of Kansas Health System. While TB may seem like a disease of the past, it remains a serious global threat, killing 1.25 million people in 2023 alone. Experts point to gaps in detection, treatment disruptions and declining public awareness as key factors fueling its #resurgence. 🛡️ These outbreaks serve as a critical reminder that #InfectiousDiseases do not recognize borders. To keep Americans safe, we must recommit to the global fight against tuberculosis. ➡️ Learn more about Florida’s TB concerns (via Patch.com): https://lnkd.in/dXnh8jss ➡️ Read more on North Carolina’s outbreak (via WECT News): https://lnkd.in/dG85dqxc

Former Republican Congressman Ted Yoho testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday to explain his own evolution on aid:   “I entered Congress with the goal of eliminating foreign aid for various reasons. Looking back, I was ignorant on what I thought foreign aid was, what it did and thought it was unnecessary. Soon after my first foreign congressional delegation trip, I realized that foreign aid, when used properly, can be a tool in soft diplomacy that strengthens the nation's economy, security, increases trade, decreases migration, creates strong partners and allies.” #ReformNotRetreat

🌐 According to Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX), The Global Fund is a smart, strategic investment in U.S. diplomacy and leadership. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gR9Rg-rz

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Last week, at the United States Senate Finance Committee’s hearing on the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) highlighted the importance of U.S. leadership in the fight against #HIV/AIDS. CORNYN: “Failure to continue [#PEPFAR], in my view, would risk ceding that leadership to adversaries like China… Would you work with me and my colleagues to make sure that this program continues to provide lifesaving antiviral drugs to people who are most in need?” KENNEDY: “I absolutely support PEPFAR, and I will happily work with you to strengthen the program.” Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gcs76y7H