Elton John has launched an emergency fund worth $1,000,000 to see that those with HIV can continue to receive care and treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

For nearly 30 years, the legendary singer-songwriter Elton John has used his platform and fame to benefit those with HIV/AIDS by helping them receive care, fighting the negative stigma that the disease has implied, and helping health care workers serve in this segment.

Now, with many people losing their jobs and heath insurance in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic, Elton John has taken to Twitter to reveal that he has set up a $1,000,000 emergency fund through his foundation, The Elton John AIDS Foundation, to ensure that those with HIV will be able to continue to receive care and treatment as well as ensuring that frontline workers will still be able to serve the care.

“Today, I’m proud to announce that my Foundation is launching a $1million COVID-19 Emergency Fund to make sure that our frontline partners can respond to the effects of COVID-19 on HIV care for the most marginalised communities around the world,” the musician stated.

“The Elton John AIDS Foundation’s mission is to end the AIDS epidemic. For almost 30 years, we have prioritised people around the world who are most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS and those most likely to be left behind as HIV treatment and care expands,” the foundation website explains.

“Today, those people become extra vulnerable because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are launching a new COVID-19 Emergency Fund that can protect the people we have always sought to serve through HIV care, treatment and prevention, as well as mitigating the damage that COVID-19 can do, particularly to the global gains we are making for more than 37 million people already living with HIV.”

In addition to this excellent news, the foundation is also accepting applications for “solutions that have strong potential to address specific challenges that have arisen for people already living with or at severe risk of HIV/AIDS and who are now at heightened risk as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

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