The board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria approved the multilateral organization’s new strategy for 2023-2028. Though the strategy mainly reemphasizes the work the Global Fund already does, some newer aspects have been added that will see the organization playing a role in pressing issues such as pandemic preparedness and climate change.
“We're placing a much greater emphasis going forward on meeting the needs of people and communities, on integrating programs for greater impact and sustainability, on addressing health equity, and human rights and gender barriers to health,” Harley Feldbaum, Global Fund’s head of strategy and policy, told Devex.
Part of that means more Global Fund resources going to community-based organizations. Feldbaum said community-based organizations play a key role in reaching vulnerable populations and have shown their ability to respond to new circumstances such as COVID-19, while adding that governments’ role remains critical.