GLOBAL FUND’S NEW TB AND MALARIA GRANT TO NORTH KOREA On 23 January 2020, the Global Fund announced that it had reached agreement with partners for a consolidated grant for tuberculosis and malaria in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Grant implementation began in January 2020, the Global Fund’s website says. There will be different grant implementers for different…
There have been several developments in the response to HIV/AIDS, in particular in the African countries for which we have the most data. We have left behind the period marked by a lack of government initiatives, a time in which associations were the entities investing in prevention, advocacy and even care. The establishment of the Global Fund pushed states to…
GLOBAL FUND’S NEW TB AND MALARIA GRANT TO NORTH KOREA On 23 January 2020, the Global Fund announced that it had reached agreement with partners for a consolidated grant for tuberculosis and malaria in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Grant implementation began in January 2020, the Global Fund’s website says. There will be different grant implementers for different…
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria funds the delivery of more than half of all long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) distributed globally. In sub-Saharan Africa, LLINs are the most-used tool to prevent malaria transmission from infected mosquitoes to humans and reduce the burden of malaria. The Global Fund’s support for the delivery of LLINs to countries is in line…
A report just published by the Asia Pacific Council of AIDS Service Organizations (APCASO), to look at ‘realities on the ground’ in Global Fund grants in seven countries in the Asia-Pacific region, concludes that civil society and communities have had increasing opportunities to engage with the Fund over the past two funding cycles. However, a number of challenges – first identified in 2015…
There have been several developments in the response to HIV/AIDS, in particular in the African countries for which we have the most data. We have left behind the period marked by a lack of government initiatives, a time in which associations were the entities investing in prevention, advocacy and even care. The establishment of the Global Fund pushed states to…
There is increased recognition that removing human rights- and gender-related barriers to accessing HIV- and other health services by populations living with and affected by HIV, is a prerequisite for ending AIDS, reaching Universal Health Coverage, reducing inequalities, and achieving many other Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The 2016 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS notes that “urgent consideration should be given to the promotion,…
The United Nations has set a three-fold target (’90-90-90’) for the HIV response by 2020: 90% of people living with HIV are tested and aware of their status, 90% of those have entered care, of which 90% (73% of people living with HIV) have an undetectable viral load. Many African countries are trying to achieve these goals. A recent publication…
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, in collaboration with the German development agency GIZ’s Back-up Initiative, and the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), trained representatives of Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia in grant writing for Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health (RSSH). To “Build Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health” is one of the Global Fund’s…
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ALLOCATIONS INCREASE OF $780 MILLION TO WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA IN 2020-2022 FUNDING CYCLE WILL SPEED UP PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE GLOBAL GOALS BY 2030
Christelle Boulanger