This week donors are meeting in Geneva to discuss the Global Fund's progress in fighting the three killer diseases: AIDS, TB and malaria. This is obviously a critical meeting for the Fund that has proven to save millions of lives already. Looking at the future, one thing is clear: we need sufficient funds and we need to spend them right. This week I've been sharing some exciting thoughts from leaders in the fight against the three diseases. Today, I'm excited to share with you some thoughts from Lucica Ditiu, the Executive Secretary of the Stop TB Partnership:

The declaration spells out the universal values, principles and demands that guide civil society advocacy efforts towards the goal of zero TB deaths.

16 November 2012 - Kuala Lumpur - Today marked the launch of a guide to working with national celebrities on the occasion of the World Union Conference on Lung Health.

Since 1971, Davos has been the playground of the rich and powerful, a small Swiss resort that once a year hosts a glittering party for hypertrophied egos and atrophied minds. But in the 1920s Davos was the luxurious destination for a different category of the wealthy – those suffering from tuberculosis. I wonder if Klaus Schwab chose Davos for gatherings of his World Economic Forum with a deliberately ironic eye: a place where those who come to pay homage to their global self-importance dance unknowingly on the graves of their prematurely deceased forebears.

New MSF multinational study of paediatric TB/HIV co-infection confirms crisis of undiagnosed TB among children.

The summary report on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) services was released during the ongoing Lung Week (12-17 November) and the 43rd Union World Conference on Lung Health in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Citizen News Service – CNS, a partner of the Stop TB Partnership, along with other partners such as National Partnership for TB Care and Control in India, Rural Youth Advocate for Health and Development in Nigeria, National Council of People Living with HIV in India (NCPI+), International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) India, Global Health Advocates (GHA), Sneha Foundation Varanasi, Asha Parivar, Vote For Health campaign, National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM) and the Global Stop-TB eForum had hosted the online consultation and key informant interviews on issues related to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

The use of new technologies and approaches to actively seek out people with tuberculosis can significantly increase the number of people diagnosed and put on treatment.

GENEVA – The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today voted to start an immediate transition to a new approach to funding grants by investing additional money in health programs that are poised to achieve the quickest impact.

GENEVA – The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today appointed as its new Executive Director Ambassador Mark R. Dybul, a former United States Global AIDS Coordinator.

The Council for Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, or “Council for Trips”, on November 7, 2012 received a request from least developed country members for an extension of their transition period under article 66.1 of the TRIPS agreement.