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Jacqueline Zulu, MSF's health promotion officer, holds PREP and PEP medication before giving it to sex workers. MSF provides anti-HIV drugs to sex workers to prevent sexually transmitted diseases. Sex workers have an HIV prevalence of 60% in Malawi and are the key population most affected by the disease.
Jacqueline Zulu, MSF's health promotion officer, holds PREP and PEP, which are preventative medication for HIV, before giving it out to sex workers. Malawi, 2023.
© Diego Menjibar

Deadly Gaps: Don't turn away from saving lives

Jacqueline Zulu, MSF's health promotion officer, holds PREP and PEP, which are preventative medication for HIV, before giving it out to sex workers. Malawi, 2023.
© Diego Menjibar
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In November 2025, the Global Fund, the main funder of a worldwide response to HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria, will host its eighth replenishment conference, where donor countries will make pledges to fund its vital, life-saving work.

Ahead of the conference, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has released a report based on our experience with the communities we serve. This report highlights the challenges this replenishment faces, including the impact of shrinking donor support. Without sufficient funding there will be antiretroviral, antimalarial and tuberculosis drug stockouts, people will travel long distances only to be turned away at dispensaries, community health workers will go unpaid or under-supported, and critical prevention activities will be neglected. These challenges are not confined to ‘fragile’ settings. People in countries with functioning health systems that are simply under-resourced will also feel the impacts.

This report references findings from Burundi, Central African Republic (CAR), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Pakistan, Philippines, South Sudan, and Sudan.

The stakes for replenishment are high. Now is the time to step up—to protect gains made and ensure a future where HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria do not threaten millions of lives.

Deadly Gaps: Executive Summary pdf — 3.37 MB Download
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