TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search results
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search resultsFunding gap looms, will progress against AIDS, TB, malaria suffer?
However, with global funding pledges falling short of the target required to sustain health programming, how can countries, including Indonesia, win their goal to end AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as global health threats?
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
A health worker examines a resident’s chest X-ray on Nov. 11, 2025, at the Cibodasari Puskesmas (community health center) in Tangerang, Banten. (Antara/Putra M. Akbar)
A
t the Eighth Replenishment Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Nov. 21, Global Fund partners worldwide pledged US$11.34 billion to combat AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, protect millions more lives and bolster healthcare systems.
The pledge made at the donor meeting sends a critical message, the fight against AIDS, TB and malaria is far from over, but the world’s commitment to making progress remains unwavering.
The pledge has been met with mixed feelings as well.
On the one hand, the pledge being lower than the ambitious $18 billion target set out in the Eighth Replenishment Investment Case in Feb. 18, brings dismay. A significant investment of $18 billion is considered the minimum necessary to remain on track toward ending the three epidemics. With this investment, countries can prevent 400 million new infections, save 23 million lives by 2029 and enhance global health security against new outbreaks and pandemics.
The $11.34 billion pledge undeniably represented a strong display of unity and resolve, particularly given the current climate of fiscal constraints, conflict and global uncertainty.
However, with funding pledges falling short of the target required to sustain health programming during the 2027-2029 grant cycle, how can countries, including Indonesia, achieve their goal of ending AIDS, TB and malaria as global health threats?
Indonesia’s progress in combating the diseases has been closely tied to the support of the Global Fund.
