New financing tool aims to increase access to lifesaving mosquito nets

New financing tool aims to increase access to lifesaving mosquito nets

The so-called Revolving Facility is an initiative of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, a UN partner that invests $4 billion annually to stamp out these deadly diseases and strengthen health systems in more than 100 countries. The Revolving Facility will negotiate improved supply terms for health products using advanced market commitments,…

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UN chief calls for new tool to find 100,000 ‘disappeared’ Syrians

UN chief calls for new tool to find 100,000 ‘disappeared’ Syrians

Entering its 13th year of brutal civil war and scrambling to recover from devastating earthquakes in February, Syria and its people “deserve peace” and to know the truth about the fate of their loved ones, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said. 100,000 Syrians missing “The whereabouts and fate of an estimated 100,000 Syrians remains unknown,” he…

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