A world without deadly infectious diseases
Today, we are closer than ever to wiping out some of world's deadliest diseases for good. In the coming years and decades, we could eradicate polio and malaria and bring diseases like tuberculosis and HIV under control as manageable conditions.
10
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people killed by infectious diseases per year
Why ending infectious diseases matters:
- Infectious diseases still kill more than 10 million people a year and make hundreds of millions of people sick
- Today, we are closer than ever to wiping out some of these diseases for good.
Our goal is to ensure the next generation grows up safe from deadly disease.
How we work to end infectious disease
Polio
We make grants to partners and contribute technical and financial resources to develop more effective vaccines, expanding routine immunizations, improve polio surveillance and outbreak response, and more.
Malaria
We have devoted resources and expertise to a relentless pursuit of malaria eradication. We support efforts to reduce the burden of malaria, accelerate progress toward eradication, and get ahead of drug and insecticide resistance.
Tuberculosis
Our tuberculosis team aims to address key gaps along the TB care pathway through new approaches to protecting against infection, preventing progression from infection to disease, and improving diagnosis and treatment.
HIV
We focus our efforts in some of the countries hardest hit by HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among populations that are at greatest risk of infection, including adolescent girls and young women.
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