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December 02, 2013
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Pledge Continuous Funding for The Global Fund, Says XDR-TB Survivor and Advocate [2]

Health Systems Strengthening [4]
US Global Health Policy [5]
[2]Mildred Fernando shares her story of surviving XDR-TB at a symposium in Japan.

I never thought that being sick with tuberculosis [6] (TB) for a decade would lead me to this purpose: being an advocate to fight and eliminate this disease--not just in my country, the Philippines, but all over the world.

I was recently invited by RESULTS Japan [7] to represent TB patients' perspectives in the call for continuous funding from the Japanese government to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria [8] (Global Fund). The advocacy activities, led by Results Japan, were in support to the Global Fund Fourth Replenishment [9] which aims to secure financing for the years 2014-2016.

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[1] https://www.msh.org/blog/2013/12/02/pledge-continuous-funding-for-the-global-fund-says-xdr-tb-survivor-and-advocate#comments
[2] https://www.msh.org/blog/2013/12/02/pledge-continuous-funding-for-the-global-fund-says-xdr-tb-survivor-and-advocate
[3] https://www.msh.org/users/mildred-fernando
[4] https://www.msh.org/blog-categories/health-systems-strengthening
[5] https://www.msh.org/blog-categories/us-global-health-policy
[6] https://www.msh.org/blog/2011/11/15/a-face-of-tb-mildred-fernando
[7] http://www.resultsjp.org/english/
[8] http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/
[9] http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/replenishment/fourth/