The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused havoc across various sectors all over the world. The pandemic has strained healthcare systems and caused the loss of lives and livelihoods. However, the disruptions caused by the pandemic have catalyzed actions that will likely outlive the pandemic. Some of the interventions that most governments, private sectors, and civil societies, have put…
The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria published six requests for proposals (RFPs) to select technical assistance providers for its Community, Rights, and Gender (CRG) program. The program supports civil society and community organizations in meaningfully engaging with the Global Fund, during the grant’s lifecycle. The technical assistance providers will deliver short- and long-term capacity building for different…
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria is selecting its next Ombudsman. The Secretariat advertised the position and requested applications (TGF-20-049) to be submitted by 7 August 2020. The Terms of Reference (TORs) list the tasks of the Ombudsman. These include “informal conflict resolution and identification of trends, issues, and concerns within the work environment at the Global…
On 20 August 2020, the South East Asia (SEA) Constituency of the Global Fund held its first meeting for the 2020-2022 term virtually, via video conference. The SEA constituency provides a platform to governments, the private sector, and people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, from 11 countries in the region, to voice their concerns to the Global…
While the world is busy fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, some countries are facing an ‘epidemic’ called corruption. Concerns about the misuse of public funds, including those from international donors, have been reported in some countries, particularly in the emergency procurement of medical products for the COVID-19 response. Since COVID-19 found many countries ill prepared, most resorted to emergency procurement of…
Modeling studies done in March had predicted that, in a worst-case scenario, the COVID-19 pandemic could cause more than double the number of malaria deaths reported in 2018 (405 000). However, a recent article by Science notes that the pandemic has not had the projected impact on the malaria response. Initially, African countries had suspended malaria bed net distribution campaigns, and there were fears that clinics…
Since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 a pandemic on 11 March, governments, the private sector, and multilateral institutions have raised millions of dollars to support its response. The Global Fund was no exception. It quickly made $1 billion available to protect the gains made in the fight against HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria and to mitigate the impact of the pandemic:…
Corruption and development aid are recurring issues in the discussion about the effectiveness of aid, and it is often debated whether aid governance strengthens or weakens transparency and accountability mechanisms. International donors have progressively developed tools to track the use of funding, and analyze and assess the processes that are at high risk of corruption, in particular the procurement of…
On 25 April, countries and communities marked the annual World Malaria Day, to highlight the global efforts to control malaria and celebrate the gains in the fight against this disease. The theme for the day was ‘zero malaria starts with me,’ which calls for individual commitment to fight the disease. Over the last two decades, coordinated efforts all over the…
The Secretariat provided the Board with a recap of actions taken by the Global Fund, as of 8 May 2020 in three main areas: protect the Secretariat staff while continuing to work; protect the Global Fund “Core Mission” to fight AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria; and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Information for this article comes from a document prepared for…
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