Looking back at 2025: A year of challenges and resilience
Throughout the year, in France, Germany, Brussels alongside the European institutions, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg and Belgium, we have worked tirelessly, building bridges and strengthening alliances with civil-society organisations, parliamentarians, policymakers, international institutions, and a wide constellation of stakeholders. Together, we have sought not only to sustain momentum on global health issues but also to elevate them, making clear the urgent need for bold, coherent and visionary European leadership in the field of global health.
Our efforts have taken the form of advocacy campaigns, high-level meetings, public events, analytical work, communication and media activities, and continuous dialogue with partners across sectors. Step by step, we have contributed to shaping political narratives, influencing agendas, and reminding decision-makers that health equity is a concrete responsibility that demands long-term commitment.
This Global Fund replenishment year comes to a close with a nuanced and challenging result. The financial target set for the replenishment was not achieved, and the widespread – and often drastic – cuts in official development assistance (ODA) across several donor countries have had profound repercussions. These reductions affect not only the capacity of organisations to act but also the daily lives and futures of the communities most affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.
In this context, we have witnessed moments of extraordinary resilience: the resilience of The Global Fund itself, of grassroots organisations, of communities, of advocates – among them CSOs and policymakers engaged with us – who continue to fight for access to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care despite uncertainty and shrinking resources.
And yet, despite these obstacles, 2025 has also been a year of renewed mobilization. It has shown once more that progress in global health is neither automatic nor guaranteed, but the result of sustained engagement, evidence-based advocacy, and unwavering solidarity.
We express our warmest and most sincere gratitude to all the individuals, teams, and institutions with whom we have collaborated over the past year. Your expertise, your dedication, and your steadfast commitment have been essential to advancing our shared mission.
We look forward to continuing this work together on the long road toward a world where preventable infectious diseases no longer claim lives, widen inequalities, or hinder human potential.