Global Fund Chair highlights Doha’s growing influence in global health

Global Fund Chair Highlights Doha’s Rising Role in Global Health

Doha: Roslyn Morauta, Chair of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, praised Qatar as a reliable and valuable collaborator in the international effort to curb infectious diseases. She emphasized the country’s expanding influence in global health financing.

In an interview with The Peninsula during the Second World Summit for Social Development in Doha, Morauta described the Global Fund as a partnership that unites governments, private foundations, and civil society to deliver tangible health improvements in developing countries.

“The Global Fund is not like any other multilateral organisation,” Morauta said. “It is built on a true public-private partnership model where both donors and implementers have equal say. Those who receive funding have as much voice as those who give it.”

Since its founding in 2002, the Global Fund has allocated over $70 billion to low and middle-income nations, saving more than 70 million lives and cutting deaths from the three main diseases by 63 percent.

Morauta noted that Qatar became a donor in 2016 and has gradually increased its contributions. Although it currently holds a non-voting seat on the donor side of the Fund’s Board, she expressed optimism that Doha’s deeper engagement could lead to a full voting position in the near future.

Author’s Summary

Roslyn Morauta commends Qatar’s consistent support and growing impact in global health, highlighting its evolving role within the Global Fund’s partnership model.

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