📋 Tender Overview
Based in Geneva, the Global Fund is the largest multilateral provider of global health grants in low- and middle-income countries. It aims to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and has saved 65 million lives since 2002, reducing the combined mortality of these three diseases by 61%. Amid global crises and severe cuts to global health funding, renewed international support is vital to protect these gains, foster innovation, and strengthen health security.
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Global
Health
Sexually transmitted diseases incl. HIV/AIDS
Malaria
Human rights (incl. Women's rights)
01.01.2026 - 31.12.2028
CHF 64’050’000
The project in brief
Area of responsibility The Global Fund mobilizes, manages, and invests resources to accelerate the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria and reinforces health security. It is one of the largest investors in digital health and a leading supplier of critical medical products. The Global Fund fosters innovation and facilitates the introduction of new technologies through robust engagement with the private sector, while maintaining a strong commitment to advancing human rights and gender equality. The Global Fund promotes increased efficiency and complementarity in health architecture, through close collaboration with United Nations entities, global initiatives, development banks, the private sector, foundations, and academia.
Switzerland's and the organisation's strategic priorities and their coherence Through its partnership with the Global Fund, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland supports low and middle-income countries in improving the health of their populations. Furthermore, the Global Fund strengthens Geneva’s role as a global health hub and makes a significant contribution to the Swiss economy (medical products are mainly purchased in Switzerland). The Global Fund’s focus on human development and its support for marginalized populations closely aligns with Switzerland’s International Cooperation Strategy 2025-28, Host state Policy and the Swiss Health Foreign Policy 2019-28. The Global Fund exemplifies the high-impact, efficient and inclusive partnerships prioritized by the SDC particularly in the context of portfolio rationalization. 99% of its budget is allocated to programmatic activities, highlighting its efficiency.
Results of the organisation's previous engagement The Global Fund is a proven model for scaling impact by combining local leadership with global expertise and gathering governments, communities, the private sector, and other key actors. Since 2002, it has saved 65 million lives, reducing mortality from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria by 61% in low- and middle-income countries. With annual investments exceeding USD 5 billion, the Global Fund provides 28% of international funding for HIV/AIDS, 76% for tuberculosis and 62% for malaria. From 2002 to 2023, these investments generated an estimated USD 1.2 trillion in health benefits, USD 400 billion in pr
