Global AIDS is the worst public health crisis that mankind has faced in 700 years, and no end to its escalation is in sight TB and malaria also kill millions annually. In 2001 Kofi Annan proposed a Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the Fund started operations in January 2002. Even though Kofi Annan is Secretary General of the United Nations, the Fund is not part of the UN.