Why we’re watching: It feels like just yesterday that the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was holding out its hat in Lyon, France. Led by French President Emmanuel Macron, that replenishment raised $14 billion. The next one — set to be hosted later this year by its biggest donor, the United States — could be a key moment for the pandemic preparedness agenda.

Leadership: Peter Sands, executive director.
Staff: 700.
Notable hire: Shunsuke Mabuchi was just named the head of resilient and sustainable systems for health, starting in March. He is joining from the Gates Foundation, and his position directly connects to the fund’s growing role in pandemic preparedness.
$: $4 billion.
HQ: Geneva.
Tidbit: In November, the Global Fund’s board approved a new strategy for 2023 to 2028 with some new aspects that will see the organization playing a role in pandemic preparedness and climate change.
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Analysis: In June 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic was in full swing, Peter Sands told Devex his “nightmare” scenario was adding a fourth disease to the remit of the fund he runs. His worry? That COVID-19 would effectively end in the rich world but remain endemic in the lowest-income countries, much like malaria, TB, and HIV. Much of his argument now for refilling the fund’s coffers will likely center on the idea that the Global Fund can play a key role in preparing health systems for the next pandemic. The Global Fund has already become the largest provider of grant financing for COVID-19 tests, treatments, and personal protective equipment to the lowest-income countries, in part due to a $3.5 billion grant from the Biden administration. — RK.

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