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People often ask me if I feel pressure as the first democratically elected female leader of an African nation. It's a fair question, but the pressure I feel should be the same felt by all African leaders. Read more»

I live in Zambia, a country which over the last two decades has lost far too many of its people to this deadly virus - roughly one million people are living with HIV in Zambia today. Read more»

We can beat HIV and Aids. But we can do this only if we continue to act together and prioritize HIV and Aids as a major health threat to our global survival. Read more»

AllAfrica is proud to support The Big Push, a digital campaign initiated by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to rally support for the goal of virtually eliminating deaths from these three deadly diseases and achieve other global health goals. Click here to learn more»
The Big Push, initiated by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, is a digital campaign to rally support for the goal of virtually eliminating deaths from these three deadly diseases and achieve other global health goals. The Big Push starts now! Learn more»
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was created to dramatically increase resources to fight three of the world's most devastating diseases, and to direct those resources to areas of greatest need.
Soon after its founding, the Global Fund became the main multilateral funder in global health. It channels 82 percent of the international financing for TB, 50 percent for malaria and 21 percent for AIDS. It also funds health systems strengthening, as inadequate health systems are one of the main obstacles to scaling up interventions to secure better health outcomes for HIV, TB and malaria. Read more»
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