For Immediate Release
Media Contact:
Cub Barrett, Program Communications Manager
cell: (847) 571-0509
cub.barrett@amfar.org
NEW YORK, November 15, 2012—amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS
Research on Thursday welcomed the selection of Ambassador Mark Dybul to be the
new executive director of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and
Malaria.
Dybul played a key role in establishing and leading the
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) as the first head of the
Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC). Since its inception in 2003,
PEPFAR has become the largest bilateral effort aimed at a single disease in
history.
“Mark Dybul’s track record of delivering results is exactly
what we need at the Global Fund,” said amfAR CEO Kevin Robert Frost. “We look
forward to working with him to reach our shared goal of an ‘AIDS-free
generation’.”
Since its inception in 2002, the Global Fund has helped save
more than 8.7 million lives. According to the Fund, its programs have delivered
lifesaving treatment to 3.6 million people living with HIV, detected and
treated 9.3 million cases of tuberculosis, and distributed 270 million mosquito
nets to protect families from malaria.
“Ambassador Dybul is a passionate advocate for global health
with the talent and experience needed to take advantage of the opportunity of
the moment,” said Owen Ryan, amfAR’s deputy director of public policy and an
alternate board member of the Global Fund. “For the first time we see a path to
beginning to end the death and illness caused by AIDS, TB, and malaria. I believe Mark Dybul will provide the
leadership necessary to help the Global Fund accelerate success on all these
diseases.”
About amfAR
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, is one of the
world’s leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to the support of AIDS
research, HIV prevention, treatment education, and the advocacy of sound
AIDS-related public policy. Since 1985, amfAR has invested more than $366
million in its programs and has awarded grants to more than 2,000 research
teams worldwide.