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In the last 50 years, immunization has decreased infant mortality by 40%.

That means more children now reach their 5th birthday than ever before in human history.

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At this very moment, countries are applying for funding from the Global Fund’s Grant Cycle 7 (GC7) to put to use the resources raised at the 2022 pledging conference. Worrying gaps between the need and the money available are already emerging at well over US$1 billion - for Tuberculosis (TB) alone. "A Different Kind of Gap" explores what funding gaps mean for the fight against TB and what happens if they aren’t filled. Advocates can use this resource to educate and call on decision makers to step up financing for TB. While admittedly there have long been funding gaps for the fight, the gaps today are different because countries can absorb more and rapidly drive results, are demonstrating increased ambition and capacity to respond, and there are legacy COVID-19 pandemic as well as new game changing tools to be leveraged to strikingly accelerate progress!

Read “A Different Kind of Gap” to learn about the implications of failing to close this funding gap and join us in calling on leaders and decision makers to take urgent action to .

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ACTION Global Health Advocacy Partnership February 13, 2024 A Different Kind of Gap: An early look at country proposals to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and implications for the fight against TB At this very moment, countries are applying for funding from the Global Fund’s Grant Cycle 7 (GC7) to put to use the re...

The Political Declaration of the UN High-Level Meeting on TB, adopted in 2023, is the most important strategic document for TB control until the next UN HLM on TB, scheduled for 2028.

The document contains 84 paragraphs on 14 pages, which include:
• Specific numerical goals for:
- prevention, diagnosis and treatment
- financing the TB response

• Non-numerical commitments related to:
- strategic plans using intersectoral approaches
- data collection and monitoring
- development and research
- improved access to diagnostics, treatment and new tools
- Communities, Rights and Gender (CRG)
- primary health care and health systems
- antimicrobial resistance, universal health coverage and pandemic preparedness
- accountability

Haven't read it yet? The full text of the document available in 7 languages can be found here https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4025280