Scott Filler

Scott Filler has devoted his life to the study of malaria and working to provide decorous resources to conflicted areas. Scott Filler works as a Senior Disease Coordinator for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. He works in the Impact, Investment, and Strategy divison and has been with The Global Fund since 2011.

Scott chose to devote his life's work to making an impact in the malaria global crisis when he was a junior at Brown University. Scott Filler decided to study for a semester in Kenya and in that time he got malaria and became very ill as a result.

Scott now is responsible for working closely with The Global Fund and its partners to make certain that resources are furnished to areas with the most need. These resources and technologies provide the most impact possible under the care of Scott and The Global Fund.

Scott Filler focuses on malaria at The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Malaria is a disease transmitted from mosquitoes. Specifically, malaria is tranferred through infected female's salivary glands that is injected into a human's circulatory system. Malaria is most prevalent in sub-tropical regions and breeding is rampant in areas with warm temperatures and standing water. Most often malaria symptoms do not show up until ten days after bitten by a mosquito. These symptoms include: stomach pain, fevers, headache and if not treated can result in death.

There is no known vaccine for malaria.