The Global Health Committee is focused on curing tuberculosis (TB) and effectively treating AIDS among the world's poorest populations. We believe that it is a fundamental human right to receive medicines for curable or treatable diseases. We seek to accomplish our mission by:
- Providing access to medicine and the education, knowledge and support to complete difficult courses of therapy to lead healthy lives
- Conducting research and discovery to find more effective and innovative approaches to treatment
- Advocating for access to TB and AIDS medicines for all who need them
Our efforts are focused on adults and children in Asia and Africa. We work in rural and urban settings, reaching those displaced by war, live in post-conflict nations or who are otherwise unable to access medicine for curable or treatable illnesses. We assist people regardless of race, sex, age, religion or political affiliation.
Delivery of care, discovery of new knowledge, advocacy and research are the key components of our work in Cambodia, Ethiopia, and at the Harvard Medical School in Boston. Our goal is to find timely, new answers – from the grassroots to the lab – for how to best overcome diseases such as TB and AIDS.
Left untreated, half of the people with tuberculosis and all with AIDS will prematurely die. Treated, most will have the opportunity to live full, productive lives. Often people do not have access to care because they are poor, displaced by war, or victim of other circumstances and calamities beyond their control.
That's why we are engaged in treating TB and AIDS in these poorest of populations and why we advocate for access to lifesaving TB and AIDS drugs for all who need them around the world. At the same time we focus our efforts to improve the care and treatment of those suffering from TB and AIDS everywhere.
Our creed: All people, no matter where they live or how much money they have, deserve the chance to lead healthy lives.
