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Korea pledges $100 million contribution to Global Fund for 2026-28

Published: 22 Nov. 2025, 10:31 Updated: 22 Nov. 2025, 10:44

Kweon Ki-hwan, deputy minister for multilateral global affairs at the foreign ministry, speaks during the Global Fund's eighth replenishment summit held on Nov. 21 in Johannesburg, South Africa. [THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS]

Korea has pledged to contribute $100 million to the Global Fund for three years, beginning in 2026, reaffirming its commitment to international efforts to combat major infectious diseases, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday.

Kweon Ki-hwan, deputy minister for multilateral global affairs at the ministry, announced the pledge during the Global Fund's eighth replenishment summit held on Friday in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Global Fund, established in 2002, is the world's largest international public-private partnership dedicated to preventing and eradicating AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Kwon highlighted the Global Fund's achievements over the past two decades, including saving an estimated 70 million lives from the three diseases. He also underscored the need for greater efficiency, the introduction of innovative health products and improvements in program delivery amid a changing global development landscape.

The Korean government said it will work to enable greater participation by Korean companies in the Global Fund's disease-response programs.

Yonhap