Canada and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was created by the international community in 2002. Its goal is to dramatically increase resources to fight 3 of the world's most devastating diseases:

• HIV/AIDS
• tuberculosis
• malaria

The Global Fund is a partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and people affected by the diseases. It supports large-scale prevention, treatment and care programs run by local experts in countries and communities most in need. The Global Fund takes a country-led approach, with national governments and local organizations leading program design and implementation.

Since 2002, the Global Fund has saved an estimated 70 million lives.

Despite this progress, there is still much to be done. 

In 2024:

• about 10.7 million people fell ill with tuberculosis.
  • it killed 1.23 million people
  • 150,000 of those had HIV
• Approximately 630,000 people died of AIDS-related illnesses
• 1.3 million people became newly infected with HIV

In 2023:

• 263 million people contracted malaria
  • about 597,000 of them died

Most at risk are women and girls, and populations living in vulnerable situations, such as:

• men who have sex with men
• drug users
• sex workers
• transgender people
• those who live in poverty

Barriers to respecting human rights and overburdened or weak health care services prevent millions of people from accessing prevention, treatment and care.

People are also being denied access to health care due to:

• stigma
• discrimination
• gender inequality
• violence
• harmful social norms

Canada's support for the Global Fund

Canada has supported the Global Fund since its inception and is currently its sixth-largest government donor. Canada has also been a consistently strong voice on the Global Fund Board.

Canada's support of the Global Fund focuses on the following priorities:

• Combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria
• Reduce child mortality
• Strengthening health systems
• Address barriers to respect of human rights in the context of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Thanks to the support of donors like Canada, in countries where the Global Fund invests, there has been a full recovery from the disruptive impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the responses to the three diseases.

HIV/AIDS

• 6 million people are receiving life-saving antiretroviral treatment for HIV in 2024
• 3 million people were reached in 2024 with HIV prevention programs
• 6 million people were tested for HIV in 2024
• 648,000 HIV-positive pregnant women received antiretroviral drugs preventing HIV transmission to their infants in 2024
• 772,000 voluntary medical male circumcisions were performed to prevent HIV in 2024

Tuberculosis

• 4 million new cases of infectious tuberculosis were detected and treated in 2024
• 120,000 cases of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis were treated in 2024
• 4 million people in contact with TB patients received preventive therapy in 2024
• 75% TB treatment coverage has been achieved and maintained in 2024

Malaria

• 162 million insecticide-treated mosquito nets were distributed to protect families from transmission in 2024
• 360 million people were tested for malaria in 2024
• 8 million pregnant women received preventive therapy in 2024
• 9 million children received seasonal malaria chemoprevention in 2024

Related links

• Canada announces a $1.21-billion contribution to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and additional support to mitigate the impact of COVID-19
• Canada announces increased commitment to Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
• The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria