Updates
International Women’s Day 2024
The theme for 2024 International Women’s Day is ‘Count Her In: Invest in Women. Accelerate Progress’ and on International Women’s Day, GFAN AP, ICW AP and W4GF celebrate the strength, meaningful contributions and resilience of women in all of their diversity worldwide in the fight against HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria.
Call to Join GFAN AP Steering Committee
GFAN AP is seeking five new Steering Committee (SC) members. SC members will serve an initial term of two years, with renewal for a maximum of two additional terms, the maximum term of office being 6 years. The deadline for submitting the application is Monday 4 March 2024 at 23:59hr.
A Heartfelt Farewell to Niluka Perera
As Niluka embarks on a new adventure, we bid a fond farewell with gratitude for his six years of dedication. His impact on GFAN AP has been immense, and we wish him boundless success in his exciting journey ahead. Best of luck!
Working together to strengthen the foundations of GFAN AP
To enhance GFAN AP’s position as a platform for community and civil society advocates supporting a fully resourced Global Fund, a governance strengthening initiative was initiated in the latter part of 2023. Guided by an organizational development consultant, the initiative encompassed a thorough examination of existing governance processes and interviews with key stakeholders. The subsequent phase of the governance strengthening process involves replenishing the GFAN AP Steering Committee. This report provides a concise overview of the significant findings and recommendations.
Take Action to #MeetTheTarget to Achieve #TheUHCThatWeNeed
Global Fund Advocates Network Asia-Pacific (GFAN AP), Seven Alliance, and GFAN Africa collaborated to host a hybrid webinar to engage in crucial discussions surrounding Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and its implications for combating HIV, TB, and malaria for key populations.
Universal Health Coverage Day 2023
In September 2023, world leaders gathered to endorse the second United Nations (UN) Political Declaration on Universal Health Coverage (UHC), titled “Universal Health Coverage: Expanding Our Ambition for Health and Well-Being in a Post-COVID World.” The inaugural UN Political Declaration on UHC, charted in September 2019, set the trajectory for the global community to attain UHC by 2030 and to leave no one behind which is reinforced in 2023.
Calling for community-led HIV responses – #LetCommunitiesLead
In 2022, despite progress, AIDS claimed a life every minute, totalling 630,000 deaths from AIDS-related causes. Out of 39 million people living with HIV globally, 29.8 million receive life-saving treatment. Concerningly, 9.2 million are not receiving treatment, and 2.1 million are not virally suppressed. Unacceptably, treatment coverage for children and adolescents is low, with 660,000 children (43% of the 1.5 million) living with HIV not receiving treatment. In 2022, 23% of new infections occurred in the Asia-Pacific region, where HIV numbers are rising significantly in some countries.
Calling for integrated HIV, TB and Malaria programmes inclusive of Mental Health care services
Led by GFAN AP and supported by Keshav Suri Foundation, Revival Disability India, communities living with, affected by and/or vulnerable to HIV, TB and malaria come together to remind leaders that key and vulnerable populations affected by and/or living with HIV, TB and malaria are at a peculiar position when it comes to mental health due to the stigma, discrimination, lack of psychosocial support, financial burdens, criminalisation, side effects, ageing, etc. We can not truly fight HIV, TB and malaria without adequate mental health support.
Asia-Pacific Communities and Civil Society Thank Donors on the 1st Year Anniversary of the Global Fund
Supported by APCOM, APN+, APNSW, APTN, GCTA, GFAN AP, ICWAP, Malaria Free Mekong, NAPUD, Youth LEAD and YVC, communities living with, affected by and/or vulnerable to HIV, TB and malaria come together to demonstrate their support for the Global Fund and continue to rally together to call on donors to fully replenish the Global Fund for its Seventh Replenishment to raise at least US$18 billion to ensure that we achieve the health-related SDGs and Universal Health Coverage by 2030!