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It is possible to end the three biggest infectious disease epidemics affecting humanity — HIV, TB, and malaria — and save millions of lives. But we need to get the…
by Peter Sands
Jan 25, 2019
4 minutes
We can end the three biggest infectious disease epidemics if we want to. So why aren’t we?
That was my question to business leaders at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. But it’s also a question the global health community needs to ask itself.
Two weeks ago, I met with President Emmanuel Macron of France to launch the Global Fund’s Investment, which calls for at least $14 billion to help the world get back on track to end HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria and to accelerate progress toward health and well-being for all, the United Nations . While in Davos, I called on private sector leaders to mobilize of that target.
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