The Albanese Government continues to support the work of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, providing a further $266 million over three years to help eliminate these diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tuberculosis is the world’s deadliest infectious disease and nearly a quarter of all new HIV cases occur in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia’s funding will support global efforts to tackle the spread of these diseases by investing in stronger health systems and helping communities access treatments, particularly across Southeast Asia and the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Global Fund is a multilateral partnership that unites governments, civil society, communities and the private sector to address global health challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 2002, the Fund’s efforts have saved over 26.5 million lives in our region and more than 65 million lives world-wide. The death rate from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria has also been reduced by over sixty per cent across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a time of heightened global uncertainty, Australia remains steadfast in our commitment to the Global Fund and to supporting our region to tackle high burden diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today’s announcement matches the record investment the Albanese Government made in 2022 \u2013 a ten per cent increase on Australia’s previous contribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Penny Wong:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Australia is firmly committed to strengthening health outcomes in the Pacific and Southeast Asia and playing our part in addressing global health challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Our investment in partners like the Global Fund helps ensure our region’s needs are prioritised, contributing to a healthier Indo-Pacific and a safer and more secure Australia.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Minister for International Development Dr Anne Aly:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Australia is backing the Global Fund as a key partner in the fight against infectious disease in the Pacific and Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “By investing in disease treatment and prevention, we’re helping to build stronger and more inclusive health systems across our region.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Albanese Government continues to support the work of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, providing a further $266 million over three years to help eliminate these diseases. Tuberculosis is the world’s deadliest infectious disease and nearly a quarter of all new HIV cases occur in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Australia’s … Continue reading “Fighting AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in our region”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34548,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34547\/revisions\/34548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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