As FCAA’s most recent data spotlight points out, sex workers are at 13 times greater risk of contracting HIV than the general population. This is due to a number of factors – greater economic vulnerability, the inability to negotiate for protected sex through condom use, and the experience of violence, criminalization, and marginalization. In July […]
Every three years, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), the world’s largest global health funder, embarks on an effort to mobilize the resources it needs to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Later this year, France will host the 6th such Replenishment, where donor countries and the private sector will pledge […]
Here’s a message that always bears repeating: the contributions of private philanthropy, though only 2% of global resources for HIV/AIDS, are catalytic. These resources are invaluable to progress in global health. Consider, for example, the role of private philanthropy in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. To date, the private sector has […]
“Relationships are the glue that bind communities together and build bridges between them.” -John Barnes, Executive Director, FCAA FCAA Executive Director John Barnes began the 2018 AIDS Philanthropy Summit with a call to action to build bridges of understanding and respect with one another, and to recognize, trust and leverage community wisdom in favor of […]
At FCAA’s 2017 AIDS Philanthropy Summit, one question came up repeatedly: How can funders more effectively support community responses to the epidemic? It was clear that this was a question that we, as an organization, needed to grapple with. Since then, FCAA has been working to better understand what effective funding for community-based action […]