Countries eligible for Global Fund funding in the 2020-2022 allocation period have been informed by the Global Fund Secretariat of their overall country allocations for this next funding cycle, for HIV, TB, malaria, and resilient and sustainable systems for health. The Secretariat sent individualized letters, signed by the Division Head of Grant Management, to each eligible country’s Country Coordinating Mechanism…
In a news release published on 18 December, the Global Fund announced its largest-ever funding allocations for eligible countries. The total amount available for country allocations for the 2020-2022 allocations cycle is $12.71 billion, with $890 million available for catalytic investments for the period beginning in January 2020. This is 23% more than for the previous three year period. The Global Fund’s…
5% INITIATIVE LAUNCHES CALL FOR MALARIA PROPOSALS The French 5% Initiative launched, on December 11, a call for proposals with the theme ‘Improving the malaria response in the greater Sahel and Central Africa regions’. The proposal forms part of operational research the initiative undertakes every year in order to improve disease interventions and update available knowledge about HIV/AIDS, TB and…
The Global Fund’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), in its second audit of Global Fund grants to South Sudan, found that the country has made progress across the three diseases despite facing long-standing political instability, economic dependence on oil, and inadequate capacity of human resources for health. The number of people living with HIV who are on antiretroviral treatment…
A second audit by the Office of the Inspector General of Global Fund grants in Malawi has highlighted weaknesses in financial controls within two of the country’s three Principal Recipients (Ministry of Health and ActionAid International Malawi), and in the country’s interventions for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), among other issues. Though progress has been made in strengthening the…
Peter Sands, the Executive Director of the Global Fund, called on implementing countries in the African region to increase domestic investments towards the three diseases, at the 20th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) held in Kigali, Rwanda from 2 to 7 December. The conference’s main theme was an AIDS-free Africa through innovation, communities and…
As 2019 and this decade come to an end, I would like, on behalf of Aidspan and the Global Fund Observer, to wish all our readers and supporters a peaceful, restful holiday season and a promising start to 2020. This year will see the commencement of the next Global Fund allocations cycle (2020-2022) and we look forward to continuing to bring…
A regional workshop in Western and Central Africa (WCA) to build the capacity of national consultants and experts working on Global Fund grant applications was held in Saly, Senegal, from 25 to 27 November 2019. The workshop, organized by UNAIDS, the Global Fund and other partners such as WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNDP, Expertise France, and the Civil Society Institute (Institut…
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