TB Global Leaders Visit Bangladesh

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) and STOP Partnership's senior team visited Bangladesh. Both Executive Directors visited together to support Bangladesh's goal to END TB by 2030. Bangladesh is the seventh high-burden country in the world for TB. Both drug-sensitive TB and drug-resistant TB are prevalent in Bangladesh.

Mr. Peter Sands and Ms. Lucica Ditiu with Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Gonobhaban

Mr. Peter Sands, ED, GFATM, and Dr. Ahmed Parvez Zabeen, Divisional TB Expert, Dhaka, NTP

Ms. Lucica Ditiu, ED, STOP TB Partnership, and Dr. Ahmed Parvez Zabeen, Divisional TB Expert, NTP, Bangladesh

GFATM Team 

The GFATM Team at Community Clinic (CC), Rupgang, Narayanganj

The GFATM Team at Mugda Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka 

Ms. Luciaca, ED, STOP TB Partnership, Dr. Ahmed Parvez Zabeen and Dr. Ayesha Akhter, Deputy Director, Shamoli TB Hospital, Dhaka    

During their visit, the Executive Directors of GFATM and STOP Partnership, Mr. Peter Sands and Ms. Lucica Ditiu, paid a courtesy call to Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. They were impressed by the Prime Minister's comprehensive knowledge of Tuberculosis, AIDS, and Malaria. The Global Fund and Stop TB Partnership aim to involve Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in their coalition of leaders as a champion of The Global Fund (GFATM). The list of coalition leaders includes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, among others. These two organizations mainly focus on TB, HIV, and Malaria in Bangladesh and seek to strengthen their relationship with the country. The Executive Directors also expressed their desire for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to leverage her connections and networks with world leaders for funding to eliminate Tuberculosis, AIDS, and Malaria.

Subsequently, the GFATM and STOP TB Partnership Executive Directors and their team visited Tuberculosis Control activities at the community and facility levels.