I’ve been the Executive Director of the Global Fund, a worldwide partnership to defeat HIV, tuberculosis and malaria and ensure a healthier, safer, more equitable future for all, since 2018.
broken parts of their home in Chila Bazar, Mongla Union, Bagerhat District, Bangladesh . Cyclone Remal washed away their house, and now Nupur and her family are searching for their belongings under the water. Nupur, who has two other sisters and recently lost her mother, still attends school, but the cyclone has temporarily stopped her from going.When I visited Dhaka in July this year, the city was wrapped in the thick humidity and heat of the monsoon season.
Bangladesh is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. Much of the country lies on a vast river delta, making it prone to flooding and rising sea levels. Increasingly powerful cyclones are destroying homes and crippling essential health infrastructure. Saline intrusion from seawater is rendering coastal farmland barren, contaminating vital sources of fresh water and – along with droughts and shifting rainfall patterns – degrading agricultural productivity.
The impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases like malaria and cholera is already evident. Yet it also has a less directly visible knock-on effect on diseases like TB. In climate-vulnerable countries around the world, mass displacement from extreme weather is leading to overcrowding and poor living conditions that raise the risk of TB transmission.
COP29 is an unmissable opportunity to intensify efforts and resources to confront the health impacts of climate change. Currently, less than 1% of multilateral climate funding goes to health – a startling disparity that risks undermining efforts to combat diseases exacerbated by climate change. By bridging this chasm, we can support countries to defend their communities from climate-driven health threats, particularly diseases like HIV, TB and malaria.
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