Updates
Breaking Down Innovative Financing Tools – Part 1: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
The first webinar in our new series on innovative financing for global health was held on 5th May 2025, jointly organised by Global Fund Advocates Network Asia-Pacific, Joep Lange Institute, Malaysian AIDS Council, Malaysian AIDS Foundation, and the Center for Indonesia’s Strategic Development Initiatives. The series aims to build an understanding of innovative financing and showcase its practical applications in the Asia-Pacific region. Click here for the recording and the full blog summary to learn more.
World Malaria Day Event in Vientiane, Lao PDR
In conjunction with World Malaria Day, the Communicable Disease Department, Ministry of Health of Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), with the support of Global Fund Advocates Network Asia-Pacific (GFAN AP), Global Health Advocates (GHA) and Community Health and Inclusion Association (CHIAs) hosted an engagement event in Vientiane attended by over 40 representatives from ministries, international partners, diplomatic missions, communities, and civil society. Click here for the highlight video and the full blog summary to learn more.
World Malaria Day 2025
This statement is jointly released by Global Fund Advocates Network Asia-Pacific (GFAN AP), communities and civil society across Asia-Pacific on World Malaria Day 2025 with the theme “Malaria Ends with Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite”, highlighting the urgent need for action through renewed commitment, investments, and strengthened partnerships to step up the fight against this deadly epidemic.
TICAD 9 & G20/C20 – Community Action & Mobilisation
The webinar was organised by Global Fund Advocates Network Asia-Pacific (GFAN AP), Global Fund Advocates Network Africa (GFAN Africa), Africa Japan Forum (AJF), and Civil Society for Malaria Elimination (CS4ME) on 3rd April 2025 to engage communities and civil society advocates around the upcoming TICAD 9 and G20/C20 Summit in South Africa. Click here for the recording and the full blog summary to learn more.
GFAN AP Partner Updates Call #3
The webinar was organised by Global Fund Advocates Network Asia-Pacific (GFAN AP) on 20th March 2025 to bring together Asia-Pacific community and civil society partners to unpack the Eighth Replenishment Investment Case and discuss upcoming #MoreNowThanEver campaign activities for the year. Click here for the recording and the full blog summary to learn more.
World Tuberculosis Day 2025
This statement is jointly released by Global Fund Advocates Network Asia-Pacific (GFAN AP), communities and civil society across Asia-Pacific on World Tuberculosis Day 2025 with the theme ““Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver”, reminding world leaders of the renewed commitments made in the 2023 Political Declarations on TB and Universal Health Coverage (UHC) to accelerate progress towards timely, quality, and universal access to TB services to achieve the 2027 and 2030 targets.
#MoreNowThanEver: Towards the Global Fund Eighth Replenishment
On 3 March 2025, the Global Fund Advocates Network Asia-Pacific (GFAN AP) launched the “Moments that define us… #MoreNowThanEver!” campaign in support of the Eighth Replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund). The launch event, organised in collaboration with Global Fund Advocates Network Africa (GFAN Africa), was attended by over 280 participants and speakers from communities and civil society organisations across Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and included Country Coordinating Mechanism representatives from Asia-Pacific as well as representatives from the Global Fund Secretariat.
APFSD 2025: Get Back on Track to Achieve SDG Target 3.3 (End AIDS, TB and Malaria) in Asia-Pacific
This hybrid event was co-organised by Global Fund Advocates Network Asia-Pacific, Africa Japan Forum and UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia on 25 February 2025, along the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand to provide civil society and community perspectives on the review of Target 3.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals. Click here for the recording and a summary of key highlights and takeaways.
Global Health Funding at a Crossroads
The Global Fund Advocates Network Asia-Pacific (GFAN AP) and the Seven Alliance jointly convened on 11 February 2025 to unpack and discuss the current funding crisis in global public health affecting communities and civil society across Asia-Pacific. This call aimed to engage community and civil society stakeholders for collective analysis of the current public health funding crisis and its implications for the Asia-Pacific region; enhance awareness and foster a sense of urgency within communities and civil society to respond proactively to these changes; and to initiate a collaborative process that creates space for information sharing and strategic collaboration to move forward collectively.