AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria continue to wreak havoc throughout the world, although (as is too often the case) it is the developing world that bears the brunt of the three devastating diseases. The sheer scale and magnitude of the three epidemics constitutes a global health crisis on an almost incomprehensible scale. While progress has been made it has been insufficient to achieve the global community’s stated aims of halting and ultimately reversing the incidence of these diseases by 2015.

In order to effectively deal with these health issues the international community must drastically step up its efforts to provide far greater resources to the fight against the three diseases, building countries' general health systems as well as ensuring that the biggest killers are effectively targeted. 

RESULTS works to generate the political will to deal with the diseases as a matter of far greater urgency. We strongly advocate for greater funding to fight these diseases. We also work to ensure that those funds are spent as efficiently as possible, for example by tackling the key barriers that stop poor people from accessing healthcare, such as user fees.

(Image courtesy of the World Lung Foundation Image Library)