Case Studies: The Impact of COVID-19 on Corporate Workplace & Community Malaria Programs

The spread of COVID-19 has led to a health crisis in countries across the world, including significant disruptions to health systems and services. The measures employed by the private sector to continue, adapt, or suspend workplace and community malaria programs during the COVID-19 pandemic are largely unknown. In response to a request from CAMA partners to study the impact of … Read More

GBCHealth Recognizes 20 Years of Private Sector Engagement with the Global Fund

Twenty years ago, the world was dealing with a pandemic that was causing the deaths of millions of people, disproportionately impacting populations in low and middle-income countries and communities. The response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the 80s and 90s was uncoordinated, fragmented and freighted with stigma, ignorance and prejudice. Against this backdrop, TB and malaria were also wreaking havoc … Read More

Impact of COVID-19 in the spotlight during Global Fund’s 45th Board Meeting

“The Global Fund has been a game changer, but now the game has changed,” expressed Donald Kaberuka, Global Fund Board Chair.  The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has been at the forefront of the fight against these three diseases, and last year it stepped up its game by contributing to the fight against COVID-19. The Board approved … Read More

New Private Sector Board Members Elected to the Global Fund Board for 2021-2023

Ahead of the Global Fund’s 45th Board meeting in May, the members of the Private Sector Constituency (PSC) re-elected Sherwin Charles (Co-Founder and CEO at Goodbye Malaria) as Board Member, and elected Jirair Ratevosian (Executive Director at Gilead Sciences) as Alternate Board Member, representing the private sector to the Global Fund’s Board. Mr. Charles will serve his second term as Board … Read More

Global Fund Launches 6th Partnership Forums

March marked the conclusion of the Global Fund’s 6th Partnership Forums, a series of virtual events spanning the globe designed to collect ideas, perspectives and guidance from across the full Global Fund partnership to feed into the development of the Fund’s post-2022 Strategy.  The Global Fund’s next Strategy will set out how the Fund aims to contribute to the achievement … Read More

Viatris: A Commitment to Expanding Access to Healthcare Worldwide

Viatris has set out to reimagine healthcare, not as it is, but as it should be. Created through the combination of Mylan N.V. and Pfizer’s Upjohn business, Viatris is a new kind of global healthcare company focused on helping everyone, everywhere get the healthcare they need. Viatris’ product portfolio spans both non-communicable and infectious diseases, including globally recognized brands, complex … Read More

Call for Applications: Private Sector Board and Alternate Board Member Positions

The Private Sector Constituency (PSC) to the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is now accepting applications for Board member and Alternate Board member positions for the upcoming 2021-2023 term. The PSC Board member and Alternate Board member will represent the private sector as a voting constituency to the Global Fund Board for a two-year … Read More

GBCHealth 2020 Retrospective

2020 was a tumultuous year as we, along with the rest of the world, adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 continues to have a major impact on the global healthcare ecosystem and beyond. It has disrupted delivery of essential products and services which are critical in efforts to control infectious diseases, and in protecting the health of our most vulnerable … Read More

Private Sector & Global Fund’s Role in COVID-19 Response in Focus at PSC Annual Retreat

Earlier this month, the Private Sector Constituency (PSC) to the Board of the Global Fund gathered for its first ever virtual Annual Retreat to discuss and provide input on the development of the new Global Fund Strategy and the role of the private sector in achieving the Global Fund’s strategic goals and mission.  The 10th Annual Retreat, hosted by IQVIA, … Read More

World AIDS Day 2020: Global Solidarity, Shared Responsibility

How private sector innovations and initiatives are shaping the fight against HIV/AIDS This Tuesday, December 1st is World AIDS Day, when the world comes together to raise awareness, support and remember those affected by HIV and AIDS, and to show global solidarity in the fight against the disease.  The COVID-19 pandemic has been the biggest event of 2020, and this … Read More