Who we are
Pacific Friends of the Global Fund Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (“Pacific Friends”) is the seventh Friends of the Global Fund group to be established since the Global Fund was created in 2002. Friends Groups are separately funded and operate independently of the Global Fund, although they enjoy a close working relationship with the Fund and its officers.
Pacific Friends is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which, in February 2009 culminated in an official launch and symposium. The Governor-General of Australia kindly agreed to become the inaugural patron of Pacific Friends. Ms Wendy McCarthy AO was appointed Chair and Mr Bill Bowtell became the Executive Director of Pacific Friends. Mr Matthew Mitcham AM has been appointed Pacific Friends Youth Ambassador. All board members and appointments are for two years, reflecting the period of the initial grant received from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Pacific Friends exists under the auspices of the University of New South Wales where it has the privelege of structured interaction with strategic partners including the Centre for Social Impact, The Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society and the National Centre in HIV Social Research.
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Pacific Friends of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria 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.
Following generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to join the group of Friends of the Global Fund organisations, Pacific Friends has established itself under the auspices of the University of New South Wales. Through its advocacy 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.
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