Stopping the Spread of Malaria
Founded in 1998, the Roll Back Malaria Partnership brings together more than 500 partners, to implement coordinated action against malaria. Through the work of the UN and its partners, global malaria deaths have been reduced by 20% with 43 countries reporting more than 50 % reductions. Even with these impressive gains, a child still dies of malaria every 45 seconds. Annually, an estimated 800,000 people die from malaria; the majority of them are women and children in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.

Fighting HIV/AIDS
The UN coordinates national and regional programs to aid the distribution of medicine and supplies and supports national responses to the AIDS epidemic in more than 150 countries. The Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is leading the way to the goal of zero new infections by 2015. Although there have been significant increases in the number of people receiving treatment, for every one person starting treatment, two people become infected and there are still 100 million people waiting for HIV treatment. UNAIDS has also made it their priority to achieve zero discrimination and zero-AIDS-related deaths through universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support.

Coordinating Resources for Global Health: The Global Fund
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria (GFATM), created in 2002, attracts, manages, leverages, and disburses resources to save lives. To date, GFATM has committed almost $22B to 600 programs in 150 countries around the world to support large scale prevention, treatment, and care programs against the three diseases. GFATM has saved the lives of 6.5 million people around the world by providing AIDS treatment, anti-tuberculosis treatment, and insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria.

Responding to Avian Influenza
The avian influenza crisis began in Asia in 2003 and has since spread to parts of Europe and Africa. Given the nature of the avian flu threat, international partnerships have been vital in slowing the spread and preparing for a possible human influenza pandemic.  The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization are on the front lines of stopping the spread of avian flu, working in partnership with 14 other UN agencies. The FAO provides strategic planning, technical expertise, training, equipment, and supplies to help countries stay ahead of the pandemic. The WHO coordinates the global effort to respond and prepare for the outbreak of avian flu, by creating a global influenza preparedness plan and assisting in the creation of national preparedness plans.

Working to Eradicate Polio
The UN has led the effort to eradicate polio and helped reduce the number of nations with endemic polio to an all-time low of four. This success has been the result of an improved vaccine and the intense efforts by the Global Polio Eradication Partnership, a partnership that includes Rotary International, the United Nations Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UNICEF, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and WHO. Since the Initiative’s inception in 1988, the number of polio cases has dropped by 99 percent.

Protecting Children from Measles
The American Red Cross, the United Nations Foundation, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization came together in 2001 to form the Measles Initiative—their goal--to prevent the deaths of the 750,000 children who died every year from measles. In just 10 years, the Measles Initiative has helped reduce measles deaths by 78% globally and 92% in Africa. Working closely with national governments and local communities, the partnership has supported the vaccination of more than 700 million children in more than 60 countries.