Pacific Friends
of the Global Fund

Lowy Institute
for International Policy
31 Bligh St
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Ph: + 61 2 8238 9000
Fax: + 61 2 8238 9005
www.pacificfriendsglobalfund.org

Postal Address:
PO Box H-159
Australia Square NSW 1215

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Pacific Friends of the Global Fund

Pacific Friends of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria ("Pacific Friends") is a high-level advocacy organisation which seeks to mobilise regional awareness of the serious threat posed by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria to societies and economies in the Pacific. In pursuing its goals Pacific Friends has a specific interest in highlighting the need to protect the rights of women and children in the Pacific.

In February 2009, Pacific Friends was launched under the auspices of the Lowy Institute for International Policy and with generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to join the group of Friends of the Global Fund organisations. Pacific Friends also raises support for the Geneva-based Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the vital role it plays in resourcing effective country-based plans to reduce the impact and spread of the three pandemics.

Ms. Wendy McCarthy AO
Chair of Pacific Friends of the Global Fund

over 59 000Estimate of HIV cases in the Pacific region by UNAIDS for 2008 in the Pacific
 

over 23 000Estimate by the World Health Organisation for 2007 in the Pacific
 

over 1 580 722Reported malaria cases (inpatient and outpatient) to the World Health Organisation for Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu in 2008 in the Pacific