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HIV & TB, News
NEW GLOBAL FUND STRATEGY MEANINGFULLY INTEGRATES MENTAL HEALTH
The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has approved its organisational strategy to guide the Fund from 2023 to 2028. The new strategy meaningfully includes mental health for the first time.
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HIV & TB
Why putting mental health at the heart of HIV and TB response will pay-off
When the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria asks what are the most pressing challenges and opportunities in the fight against HIV and TB (as part of an open consultation to steer the development of their next strategy), our recommendation is clear. Put mental health - through psychosocial support - at the heart of their response.
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Financing, HIV & TB
Putting mental health at the heart of the HIV and TB global response
Two weeks ahead of critically important discussions on the new strategy of the Global Fund to Fights AIDS, TB and Malaria, it is increasingly clear that unless mental health moves from being seen as a “bolt on” to the HIV and TB response, reaching the global targets to end these epidemics will remain elusive.
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HIV & TB, Publications, Systems
Bending the curve: the impact of integrating mental health services on HIV and TB outcomes
We are at a pivotal moment in the fight against HIV and TB. As the world gears up for a final push towards its goal of ending the pandemics by 2030, strengthening health systems and protecting the world’s most vulnerable has never been more important.
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HIV & TB, Systems
Driving faster progress in the fight against HIV: How integrating mental health is a win-win
Over the past two years, we have been pushing for mental health to be integrated into HIV and TB programmes. We know that the relationship between the epidemics is bi-directional, and that there can be no end to HIV and TB without first addressing mental health.
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HIV & TB, News
5 reasons why mental health should be at the heart of the Global Fund’s new strategy
As the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria holds its 6th Partnerships Forum to collect ideas to shape their new strategy (for 2023-2028), here are five good reasons why mental health needs to become an integral part of the global response to HIV and TB.
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HIV & TB
A unique opportunity to put mental health at the heart of the Global Fund’s bold new strategy
The Global Fund’s 6th Partnerships Forum taking place this month is looking to collect ideas, different perspectives and evidence to feed into the building of a bold, ambitious and agile post-2022 strategy to cover the work of the Fund from 2023-2028. This is a unique opportunity to ensure that mental health, a missing piece in the current Global Fund strategy, becomes an integral part of the global response to HIV and TB — from prevention, to testing, to treatment and care - and to address stigmas related to mental health, HIV and TB.
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HIV & TB, News
Mental health in the spotlight at the Global Fund
Last week, on a crisp day in Geneva, representatives from the Global Fund board, UN agencies, civil society, governments and the private sector gathered for a session on ‘Better Mental Health for HIV and Tuberculosis’, held during the pre-day of the biannual Global Fund board meeting.
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