Global Health initiatives

The Stop TB Partnership was established in 1998 with the goal of eliminating tuberculosis (TB) as a public health problem and, ultimately, to obtain a world free of TB. Stop TB comprises a network of international organizations, countries, public and private sector donors, governmental and nongovernmental organizations and individuals that have expressed an interest in working together to achieve this goal.

The Measles & Rubella Initiative is aimed at ensuring no child dies of measles or is born with congenital rubella syndrome. It is led by the American Red Cross, the United Nations Foundation, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF and WHO. Since its founding in 2001, it has supported 80 countries to deliver more than one billion doses of measles vaccine, helped to raise measles vaccination coverage to 85% globally, and reduced global measles deaths by 74%. These efforts have contributed significantly to reducing child mortality.

WHO is a partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the largest private-public partnership for health, which has reduced polio by 99%. Polio now survives only among the world's poorest and most marginalized communities, where it stalks the most vulnerable children. The Initiative's goal is to reach every last child with polio vaccine and ensure a polio-free world for future generations.

WHO and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) have a long and successful partnership working together to intensify HIV, TB and malaria interventions and strengthen health systems in many countries. This collaborative effort has resulted in significant reductions in the disease burdens of HIV, TB and malaria worldwide, saving millions of lives since 2002.