ACTIONS

WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY

On 24 March, World Tuberculosis Day, we wrote this text on our website, reviewing the situation of the most deadly infectious disease that exists (even more so than HIV/AIDS). The lack of access to medicine, scant research into the disease, the high price of innovative drugs and the lack of international funding to combat this pandemic are just some of the key factors in the fight against this disease which, in 2017 alone, killed 1.5 million people and affected over 10 million globally.

WE CELEBRATED SPAIN’S RETURN TO THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA

A few weeks after the Global Fund Donors’ Conference, Pedro Sánchez announced Spain’s return to the Global Fund with a contribution of 100 million euros for the next three years, at the UN General Assembly. Right to Health had spent many years campaigning for this contribution with which Spain reclaims its place in the global fight against pandemics at a key moment in history.  

WE JOIN A CAMPAIGN TO FINANCE THE GLOBAL FUND

150 days after the Donors’ Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, we joined the campaign of the Global Fund Advocates Network to request the political representatives of all member countries to commit to providing the Global Fund in excess of the 14 billion dollars required to avoid 234 million infections, to strengthen the health systems of many countries and to halve mortality due to pandemics, thus saving 16 million lives in the next three years. The goal: 18 billion.


WE TRAVEL TO THE GLOBAL FUND DONORS’ CONFERENCE

In October we travelled to Lyon to attend the donors’ conference, where the world pledged 13.920 billion euros, 80 less than the 14 billion that the Global Fund had asked for, but was still the largest donation of its history- for the next three years, to assist in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria pandemics. Maria Luisa Carcedo, then Spain’s Health Minister, was charged with announcing Spain’s re-entry into the Fund with a contribution of 100 million.

#ESPAÑASÚMATEALALUCHA: WE ASK SPAIN TO JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA PANDEMICS

Two weeks before the Donors’ Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, we held a photo campaign and drafted a report on the history and the figures of the Global Fund, as part of our request to the Spanish Government to once again collaborate with this organisation that sought to raise 14 billion dollars to fight against pandemics and save 16 million lives by funding different programmes throughout the world. Spain, which had been the fifth highest contributor to the Global Fund, had not made any contribution since 2011.

WORLD AIDS DAY

We attended the official World Aids Day celebrations at the Madrid City Hall, which was attended by a large number of civil society organisations. A manifesto was read out and all the attendees came together to form a red human ribbon.

WE ATTENDED THE INTERNATIONAL MEET TO DISCUSS HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES

We participated in the event organised by UNITE in Oporto, which discussed the role of harm reduction strategies in reducing the viral loads of HCV, HIV and tuberculosis, as well the improvement in the quality of life and well-being of the users of these drugs within the framework of the goals set out in the 2030 agenda.

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