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The present is a timeline of '''[[wikipedia:Timeline of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria|Timeline of The the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria]]''', attempting to describe major events concerning the organization.
==Big picture==
| < 2002 || Prior to the Global Fund foundation, AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria together are calculated to cause several millions of deaths per year.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/>
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| 2002–2013 || The Global Fund is born, starting operations via a ‘rounds-based model’ whereby proposals from eligible geographical locations are developed and submitted during designated funding windows, with guidance from the Global Fund and its partners.<ref name="The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)"/> By 2007, the organization would cumulate helping distribution of more than 50 million bed nets.<ref name="The world is uniting to help this group"/>
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| 2013 < || The Global Fund adopts new strategy, eliminating rounds-base models and determining funding allocations for each eligible country based on calculations of country income and national disease burden.<ref name="The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)"/>
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==Full timeline==[[File:Board approvals during rounds-based model years. In millions of US dollars.png|thumb|center|400px|Board approvals during rounds-based model years. In millions of US dollars.]][[File:U.S. Contributions to the Global Fund, fiscal years 2001-2013, in Us$ millions.png|thumb|center|400px|United States Contributions to the Global Fund, fiscal years 2001–2013, in millions of US dollars.]]
{| class="sortable wikitable"
| 2001 || April || Antecedent || The foundation of the Global Fund is made concrete by [[wikipedia:Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary-General of the United Nations]] [[wikipedia:Kofi Annan|Kofi Annan]]'s call to action.<ref name="Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria"/> ||
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| 2001 || May 3 || Contribution || [[wikipedia:Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary-General of the United Nations]] [[wikipedia:Kofi Annan|Kofi Annan]] announces that he would donate his US$100,000 award money from the Philadelphia Liberty Medal to the new Global Fund, thus making the first private contribution.<ref>{{cite web|title=Annan gives prize money to AIDS Fund|url=http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v7/n6/full/nm0601_647b.html|website=nature.com|accessdate=6 May 2017|doi=10.1038/88998}}</ref> ||
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| 2001 || June || Antecedent || The foundation of the Global Fund is supported by the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS).<ref name="Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria"/> ||
| 2003 || || Administration || The Global Fund adopts a three-year replenishment model to guarantee countries of sustained and predictable financial support for their programs.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria|url=http://www.gbchealth.org/newsletters/insights-the-global-fund-to-fight-aids-tuberculosis-and-malaria/|website=gbchealth.org|accessdate=7 May 2017}}</ref> ||
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| 2003 || January || Administration || The Global Fund Fourth Board Meeting approves the second round of grant proposals (US$900 million in grants to 72 countries).<ref name="Global health the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria is responding to challenges but needs better information and documentation for performancebased funding : report to congressional committees."/><ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> ||
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| 2003 || August || Report || The total disbursements by the Global Fund to countries surpass US$100 million.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> ||
| 2005 || April 25 || Administration || The Global Fund approves 33 grants to enter phase 2.<ref name="Global health the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria is responding to challenges but needs better information and documentation for performancebased funding : report to congressional committees."/> ||
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| 2005 || July || Administration || The Board of the Global Fund establishes the Office of the Inspector General, which operates as an independent unit of the Global Fund, reporting directly to the Board.<ref name="The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria & Health Systems Strengtheni ng: An Organizational and Policy Analysis"/> || |-| 2005 || August || Withdraw Withdrawal || The Global Fund withdraws from Burma due to new local government restrictions to project sites and more complicated regulations regarding the procurement of medical supplies.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dittmer|first1=Lowell|title=Burma Or Myanmar?: The Struggle for National Identity|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=aoHP2Q2I1p4C&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=The+Global+Fund+to+Fight+AIDS,+Tuberculosis+and+Malaria+%22in+august%22&source=bl&ots=CaIaQSNN-U&sig=9jK-a75tUn-lxBJ8IaAFOZPcmLc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwizq5iG7dzTAhUFgJAKHZy_BSk4ChDoAQggMAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Global%20Fund%20to%20Fight%20AIDS%2C%20Tuberculosis%20and%20Malaria%20%22in%20august%22&f=false|accessdate=7 May 2017}}</ref> || [[wikipedia:Burma|Burma]]
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| 2005 || September || Administration || The Global Fund holds its Eleventh Board Meeting. The Round 5 proposals are approved for US$382 million for 26 grants in 20 countries.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> || [[wikipedia:Switzerland|Switzerland]] ([[wikipedia:Geneva|Geneva]])
| 2007 || March || Administration || Following a competitive selection process, French physician [[wikipedia:Michel Kazatchkine|Michel Kazatchkine]] is selected as the Fund’s new executive director.<ref name="Working Group on Value for Money"/> ||
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| 2007 || September || Administration || The Global Fund concludes its Second Replenishment with a total amount of US$9.7 billion pledged for the period 2008-20102008–2010.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> ||
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| 2007 || November || Administration || The Global Fund holds its Sixteenth Board Meeting. The Board approves 73 grants in Round 7 of funding for a total of US$1.1 billion, for 136 countries.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> || [[wikipedia:China|China]] ([[wikipedia:Kunming|Kunming]])
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| 2008 || || Policy || The Global Fund introduces the possibility for countries to apply for a separate funding stream to support “proven and effective interventions . . . that address the three diseases in ways that will contribute to strengthening health systems”.<ref name="The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria & Health Systems Strengtheni ng: An Organizational and Policy Analysis">{{cite web|title=The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria & Health Systems Strengtheni ng: An Organizational and Policy Analysis|url=http://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/etd/ucb/text/Weber_berkeley_0028E_11598.pdf|website=berkeley.edu|accessdate=13 May 2017}}</ref> ||
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| 2008 || || Administration || The Global Fund starts to promote the inclusion of Operational/implementation research (OR/IR) activities in disease control programs it supports.<ref>{{cite web|title=Operational and implementation research within Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria grants: a situation analysis in six countries|url=https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-017-0245-5|website=biomedcentral.com|accessdate=7 May 2017}}</ref> ||
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| 2008 || November || Administration || The Global Fund holds its Eighteenth Board Meeting. The Board approves 94 Round 8 grants for a total value of US$2.75 billion (the highest amount ever approved). The Round 9 Call for Proposals is launched.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> || [[wikipedia:India|India]] ([[wikipedia:New Delhi|New Delhi]])
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| 2009 || || Program launch || The Global Fund launches the First Learning Wave of National Strategy Applications in an "effort to contribute to broader health systems strengthening".<ref name="The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria & Health Systems Strengtheni ng: An Organizational and Policy Analysis"/> ||
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| 2009 || November || Administration || The Global Fund holds its Twentieth Board Meeting. The Board approves Round 9 grants for a total value of US$2.4 billion.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> || [[wikipedia:Ethiopia|Ethiopia]] ([[wikipedia:Addis Abeba|Addis Abeba]])
| 2012 || || Report || Data released from analysis from Round 1 (2002) to Round 9 (2009) shows that the Global Fund has invested or approved US$ 430 million for activities that specifically targets people who inject drugs.<ref name="The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)"/> ||
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| 2013 || || Program launch || The Global Fund’s Regional Artemisinin-resistance Initiative (RAI) is launched in response to the emergence of drug-resistant malaria in the Greater Mekong region, first noted in Cambodia and Thailand and later Myanmar, Laos and Viet Nam. RAI would purchase and distribute insecticide-treated nets, diagnostic tests, and drugs.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Global Fund Grant Aims for Malaria Elimination in the Mekong|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/world/new-global-fund-grant-aims-malaria-elimination-mekong|website=reliefweb.int|accessdate=12 May 2017}}</ref> || [[wikipedia:Cambodia|Cambodia]], [[wikipedia:Thailand|Thailand]], [[wikipedia:Myanmar|Myanmar]], [[wikipedia:Laos|Laos]], [[wikipedia:Viet Nam|Viet Nam]]|-| 2013 || February || Administration || The Global Fund announces a new funding model, under which funding allocations would be determined for each eligible country based on calculations of country income and national disease burden.<ref name="The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)">{{cite journal|title=The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)|doi=10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.08.001|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395915002364|accessdate=5 May 2017}}</ref> ||
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| 2013 || March || Administration || The Global Fund starts transitioning into its new funding model by inviting select early applicants and interim applicants to submit concept notes for funding.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> ||
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| 2013 || June || Administration || The Global Fund's Twenty-ninth Board Meeting is held. Among other decisions, a new Inspector General is appointed. Also, the Board awards grants to the first three countries to receive funding under the new funding model.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> || [[Wikipedia:Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]] ([[wikipedia:Colombo|Colombo]])
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| 2013 || December || Contribution || The United States president [[wikipedia:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]] administration at the White House hosts the Global Fund’s Fourth Replenishment, and launches the 2014-2016 2014–2016 replenishment cycle with a total amount of US$12 billion pledged.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> || [[wikipedia:United States|United States]] ([[wikipedia:Washington, D.C.|Washington D.C.]])
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| 2014 || || Administration || The Global Fund starts new funding model.<ref name="The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)"/> ||
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| 2014 || || Background || [[wikipedia:tuberculosis|Tuberculosis]] kills 1.5 million people during the year and 9.6 million people are estimated to have fallen ill with the disease.<ref name="Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria">{{cite web|title=Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria|url=http://www.international.gc.ca/development-developpement/partners-partenaires/key_partners-partenaires_cles/gfatm-fmstp.aspx?lang=eng|website=international.gc.ca|accessdate=6 May 2017}}</ref> ||
| 2015 || || Backround || 214 million cases of [[wikipedia:malaria|malaria]] are reported during the year resulting in 438,000 deaths. Also, 1.1 million people would die of AIDS-related illnesses in 2015.<ref name="Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria"/> ||
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| 2015 || || Administration || The proportion of the Global Fund’s investments focused on girls and women increases to 60%, from 46% in 2010.<ref name="Reaching vulnerable populations: lessons from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria">{{cite web|title=Reaching vulnerable populations: lessons from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria|url=http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/95/2/16-179192/en/|website=who.int|accessdate=6 May 2017}}</ref> ||
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| 2016 || September 1 || Report || The Global Fund announces having supported programs that saved 20 million lives.<ref>{{cite web|title=20. Million. Lives.|url=https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/blog/2016-09-01-20-million-lives/|website=theglobalfund.org|accessdate=7 May 2017}}</ref> ||
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| 2016 || September || Administration || The Global Fund holds the Pledging conference for its Fifth Replenishment, hosted by Canadian Prime Minister [[wikipedia:Justin Trudeau|Justin Trudeau]]. Donor countries, foundations, and private donors pledge US$12.9 billion for the 2017-2019 2017–2019 period. <ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> || [[wikipedia:Canada|Canada]] ([[wikipedia:Montreal|Montreal]])|-| 2017 || || Program launch || The Global Fund, along with the [[wikipedia:United Nations Development Programme|United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP) launch the use of Mobile Clinics to Improve Diagnosis and Treatment of Tuberculosis in Remote Areas in Sudan.<ref>{{cite web|title=UNDP & GFATM launch the use of Mobile Clinics to Improve Diagnosis and Treatment of Tuberculosis in Remote Areas in Sudan|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/undp-gfatm-launch-use-mobile-clinics-improve-diagnosis-and-treatment-tuberculosis|website=reliefweb.int|accessdate=12 May 2017}}</ref> || [[wikipedia:Sudan|Sudan]]|-| 2018 || Year round || Contribution || The Global Fund helps diagnose 220 million suspected malaria cases, treat 110 million malaria cases and distribute 131 million bed nets.<ref>{{cite web |title=MALARIA NO MORE APPLAUDS THE $14 BILLION PLEDGED TO THE GLOBAL FUND TO SAVE AND PROTECT MILLIONS OF LIVES FROM MALARIA, AIDS AND TUBERCULOSIS |url=https://www.malarianomore.org/news/press-releases/malaria-no-more-applauds-the-14-billion-pledged-to-the-global-fund-to-save-and-protect-millions-of-lives-from-malaria-aids-and-tuberculosis/ |website=malarianomore.org |accessdate=25 October 2019}}</ref>|-| 2019 || July || Contribution || As of date, the Global Fund had approved more than US$49 billion in funding, with disbursement surpassing US$42 billion to over 120 countries. An estimated 27 million lives were saved by these investments.<ref name="The U.S. & The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria">{{cite web |title=The U.S. & The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |url=https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/the-u-s-the-global-fund-to-fight-aids-tuberculosis-and-malaria/ |website=kff.org |accessdate=27 October 2019}}</ref>|-| 2019 || October 10 || Contribution || The Global found announces new funding commitments at the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment Conference in {{w|Lyon}} hosted by the {{w|Government of France}}. The pledges, amounting to US$ 14.02 billion, would cover a three-year period (2020-2022) to finance the fight against {{w|HIV}}, {{w|tuberculosis}} and {{w|malaria}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=WHO welcomes vital new funding for the Global Fund |url=https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/10-10-2019-who-welcomes-vital-new-funding-for-the-global-fund |website=who.int |accessdate=21 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|France}}|-| 2019 || October 11 || Recognition || American business magnate {{w|Bill Gates}} writes about The Global Fund, praising the organization for helping "drive phenomenal progress on AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in the world’s poorest countries".<ref name="The world is uniting to help this group">{{cite web |title=The world is uniting to help this group |url=https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Global-Fund-Replenishment-conference-speech |website=gatesnotes.com |accessdate=21 October 2019}}</ref> ||
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== Numerical and visual data ==
=== Google Scholar ===
The following table summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar as of December 18, 2021.
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Year
! "The Global Fund"
|-
| 2002 || 503
|-
| 2003 || 776
|-
| 2004 || 1,230
|-
| 2005 || 1,240
|-
| 2006 || 1,540
|-
| 2007 || 1,750
|-
| 2008 || 2,040
|-
| 2009 || 2,190
|-
| 2010 || 2,300
|-
| 2011 || 2,480
|-
| 2012 || 2,560
|-
| 2013 || 2,670
|-
| 2014 || 2,360
|-
| 2015 || 2,480
|-
| 2016 || 2,400
|-
| 2017 || 2,360
|-
| 2018 || 2,250
|-
| 2019 || 2,130
|-
| 2020 || 2,360
|-
|}
[[File:The Global Fund to Fight AIDS gscho.png|thumb|center|700px]]
[[File:Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 1.png|thumb|center|600px|Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 1.]]
[[File:Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 2.png|thumb|center|600px|Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 2.]]
[[File:Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 3.png|thumb|center|600px|Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 3.]]
[[File:Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 4.png|thumb|center|1200px|Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 4.]]
[[File:Global Fund pledges by organization by year due (US$)..png|thumb|center|1200px|Global Fund pledges by organization, by year due (US$).]]
[[File:Global Fund board approvals during rounds-based model years. In millions of US dollars..png|thumb|center|600px|Board approvals during rounds-based model years. In millions of US dollars.]]
[[File:U.S. Contributions to the Global Fund, fiscal years 2001-2013, in Us$ millions.png|thumb|center|600px|United States Contributions to the Global Fund, fiscal years 2001–2013, in millions of US dollars.]]
[[File:Global Fund operating expenses in the period (2002-2015).png|thumb|center|600px|Global Fund operating expenses per year. Period (2002-2015).]]
=== Google Trends ===
The image below shows {{w|Google Trends}} data for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Topic) from January 2004 to February 2021, when the screenshot was taken. Interest is also ranked by country and displayed on world map.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |url=https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F085_73 |website=Google Trends |access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref>
[[File:The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria gt.jpg|thumb|center|800px]]
=== Google Ngram Viewer ===
The chart below shows {{w|Google Ngram Viewer}} data for The Global Fund from 2002 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Global Fund |url=https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=The+Global+Fund&year_start=2002&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=true |website=books.google.com |access-date=23 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:The Global Fund ngram.jpg|thumb|center|800px]]
=== Wikipedia Views ===
The chart below shows pageviews of the English Wikipedia article {{w|Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria}} on desktop, on mobile-web, desktop-spider,mobile-web-spider and mobile app, from July 2015; to January 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |url=https://wikipediaviews.org/displayviewsformultiplemonths.php?page=Global+Fund+to+Fight+AIDS%2C+Tuberculosis+and+Malaria&allmonths=allmonths-api&language=en&drilldown=all |website=wikipediaviews.org |access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref>
[[File:Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria wv.jpg|thumb|center|600px]]
==See also==
*[[Timeline of malaria]]
*[[Timeline of tuberculosis]]
*[[Timeline of HIV/AIDS]]
*[[Timeline of global health]]
*[[Combined timeline of malaria organizations]]
==External links==
* [[wikipedia:Timeline of HIV/AIDS|Timeline of HIV/AIDS]]
== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}
