Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, TB and Malaria is an advocacy organization dedicated to sustaining and expanding U.S. support for the Global Fund''s life-saving work around the world.

Created in 2004 by Edward W. Scott, the late Jack Valenti, and Adam Waldman and led by Executive Director Natasha Bilimoria, Friends supports the Global Fund by raising awareness about its lifesaving work with policy leaders and decision makers in Washington, DC, as well as the media and the advocacy community. The goal of these efforts is to achieve both sustained governmental funding and meaningful public policy on the Global Fund and the three diseases.

Friends is the leading source of accurate, objective and timely information about the Global Fund in the United States. It rapidly addresses issues and concerns that have been raised about the Global Fund in the media and on Capitol Hill. Because of these actions, Friends has also helped build an environment of partnership and mutual support between the Global Fund and the U.S. Government''s bilateral AIDS and malaria programs.

While working with a variety of organizations that support the Global Fund, Friends plays an important role within the advocacy community through its unique relationship with the Global Fund, its policy and legislative expertise, and ability to provide up-to-the-minute information about Global Fund programs to policymakers and their staff, the media as well as the larger advocacy community. Because of this partnership, Friends provides strategic direction and counsel to the Global Fund''s Secretariat and tightly integrates its education and communications activities with those of the Global Fund. It also acts as an important conduit between the Global Fund and the U.S. government, fostering a strong relationship between both entities.

Since the founding of the Global Fund in 2002, it has moved from an innovative start-up to a mature organization. Because of its track record of proven success, the Global Fund is dramatically scaling up its programs in order to continue the fight against AIDS, TB and Malaria and its long-term investment in saving lives. The Global Fund is at an important crossroads in its expansion and growth, and continued U.S. support is vital to its success in the future. Friends plays a critical role in ensuring this support and in partnership with others in the advocacy community, the United States has continued to be a strong partner to the Global Fund and its largest donor.
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