The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced today that it has helped put 2.3 million people on life-saving treatment for HIV/AIDS (a 31 percent increase over results reported last year), treated 5.4 million people for tuberculosis (a 38 percent increase over last year), and distributed 88 million insecticide-treated bed nets (a 49 percent increase from this time last year) to protect against malaria since it was created eight years ago.

These inspiring results constitute 30-50 percent increases in treatment and prevention measures in just one year. As Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund, commented, “In less than eight years, the Global Fund has gone from a concept to a driver of change.”

The Global Fund’s latest results attest to its effectiveness in the prevention and treatment of AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. It is imperative that the $3 billion funding shortfall currently facing the partnership is filled by donors.

To learn more about the Global Fund’s impact, read their press release here.

-Rena Pacheco-Theard