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The Global Fund Is Financing The Fight Against AIDS, TB And Malaria

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In little more than a decade, the Global Fund has become one of the leading financing sources in the battle against three deadly diseases: AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The Global Fund has provided grants to fund about $23 billion for over 1,000 programs in 151 countries around the globe. Hundreds of millions of people have benefited from the programs the organization has backed.

At noon Eastern on August 14, 2013, I will be interviewing Dr. Christoph Benn, the Director of External Relations for the Global Fund.

Christoph Benn joined the Global Fund in 2003 and is currently the Director of External Relations. He has been responsible for building and maintaining good relations to all Global Fund partners and mobilizing resources for the Global Fund almost since its creation in 2002, through the management of replenishment conferences and spearheading innovative approaches to resource mobilization including (Product) RED and Debt2Health.

Prior to joining the Global Fund, he worked as a clinician in the UK, Germany and as Doctor-in-Charge of a rural hospital in Tanzania. Christoph Benn has more than 20 years of experience in global health with a special focus on AIDS and infectious diseases.

The Global Fund is a unique global public/private partnership dedicated to attracting and disbursing additional resources to prevent and treat HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. This partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities represents a new approach to international health financing. The Global Fund works in close collaboration with other bilateral and multilateral organizations to supplement existing efforts dealing with the three diseases.

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