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Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis
and Malaria
The Global Fund to
Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria funds anti-malarial programs in a limited
number of countries. They use a less biological
approach in their website, highlighting where the Fund is able to help. They are sponsored through USAID and are helping
to deliver the greatest number of bed nets of any organization and delivering
artemisinin-based combination drug therapy (ACT). The number of cases of malaria are increasing
due to “deteriorating health systems, growing drug and insecticide resistance,
climate change, and war.” Unlike some other sources, they are strong
proponents of ACT, promoting its use in regions where other drugs have become
ineffective.
These intentions are good and well meant, however $4.9 billion to date
in over one hundred countries to fight three of the biggest killers is
not sufficient. While this sounds like a large amount, the impact
of malaria has changed very little in recent years. This analysis
is meant to show that when they say that no amount is too small to
donate, it means that every bit that is donated could make a
difference, for the sum total could save countless lives.
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