UK CSOs respond to The Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria Results Report 2025
Members of the UK Civil Society Working Group on the Global Fund Replenishment are urging the UK government to honour its responsibility to global health by, at a minimum, maintaining its previous pledge of £1 billion at the Global Fund’s 8th replenishment this year.
The 2025 Global Fund Results Report, issued today, highlights why a successful 8th replenishment (co-hosted by the UK and South Africa) is critical. The Global Fund partnership has saved 70 million lives since its inception in 2002. In 2024, the number of people on antiretroviral therapy for HIV rose to 25.6 million, 7.4 million people were treated for tuberculosis, and 162 million insecticide-treated mosquito nets were distributed to fight malaria in countries where the Global Fund invests. Life expectancy in 15 sub-Saharan African countries has also increased – from 49 to 61 years – with more than half of that gain attributed to progress against AIDS, TB, and malaria.
John Plastow, Executive Director, Frontline AIDS, said: “The 2025 Results Report is a testament to the vital contribution the Global Fund partnership makes to global health, with 70 million lives saved since 2002, as a result of strengthened health and community systems worldwide that serve many of the poorest and most marginalised people on our planet. At a time when the robustness of these systems feels under threat, Frontline AIDS, which is one of the largest global civil society partnerships engaged with the Global Fund, calls on the UK government to provide continued leadership and investment to make the 8th replenishment a success. Together we must ensure that hard-won progress on HIV is not frittered away and that we continue to invest in community-led action to ensure we really can end AIDS for everyone, everywhere.”
Adrian Lovett, Executive Director for the UK, Middle East and Asia Pacific at the ONE Campaign, said: “As co-host of the upcoming replenishment summit, the UK now has a pivotal opportunity to play its full part on the world stage. With a new Foreign Secretary in post, this is a moment to send a clear signal that Britain is serious about global health and determined to do its part. That means matching its previous £1 billion promise in full. In times like these, leadership matters. The UK must step up.”
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