Global Fund Results Report: record ART scale-up and lower essential medicine prices
Dated 19 September 2024: Global Fund Results Report: record ART scale-up and lower essential medicine prices. In the causal graph this event strengthens Access to Essential Medicines, a driver that weakens Proportion of the population with positive out-of-pocket household expenditure on health exceeding 40% of household discretionary budget, by location, quintile, type of household and characteristics of the head of household (%) — an improving welfare path.
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What changed
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- FactGlobal Fund Results Report: record ART scale-up and lower essential medicine prices
- strengthensDriverAccess to Essential Medicines
- weakensIndicators (2)Proportion of the population with positive out-of-pocket household expenditure on health exceeding 40% of household discretionary budget, by location, quintile, type of household and characteristics of the head of household (%)
provisional weight · verified
Weakens · 78% impact strength (driver → indicator)
Observed
26% · 0.23 below the normal line (2022)
Better than normal5 readings, 2018–2022: fell from 26.9% to 26%.
Above normal = worse
Weakens · 71% impact strength (driver → indicator)
Observed
4.07% of people reporting a medical need · 2.57 above the normal line (2025)
Worse than normal5 readings, 2021–2025: rose from 3.8% of people reporting a medical need to 4.07% of people reporting a medical need.
Above normal = worse
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- FactGlobal Fund Results Report: record ART scale-up and lower essential medicine prices
- strengthensDriverAccess to Essential Medicines
- weakensIndicatorProportion of the population with positive out-of-pocket household expenditure on health exceeding 40% of household discretionary budget, by location, quintile, type of household and characteristics of the head of household (%)
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Factrail. (2026). Global Fund Results Report: record ART scale-up and lower essential medicine prices. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/global-fund-results-report-lowered-essential-medicine-prices-2024
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Accessed 16 October 2026.
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