A Big Step Forward for People Living with HIV

The Global Fund has come out with great new global impact results this week and we wanted to share them with you.

In the past twelve months there has been an impressive 31% increase in the number of people living with HIV globally who have access to lifesaving antiretroviral therapy … all thanks to programs the Global Fund finances. What’s more, some of this increase is due to your support in choosing to buy (RED) which results in money flowing to Global Fund HIV grants in Rwanda, Swaziland, Lesotho and Ghana.

Other impressive Global Fund results released this week include the news that now 79 million people have been counseled and tested for HIV, that number is a 17 million person increase from the result the Global Fund reported at the end of 2008. Additionally more than 3.7 million AIDS orphans and vulnerable children have been provided with basic support – that’s a 500,000 person increase since the report at the end of 2008. Fantastic news!

So thanks again for your continued support and your (RED) purchases – it truly is making a difference. Click here to learn more about the contribution the Global Fund has made in fighting AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.