For the first time, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has allocated to Venezuela funds to support a malaria grant, for the 2020-2022 funding cycle. The amount allocated is $19.8 million for a three-year malaria grant to support “evidence-based interventions for vulnerable populations primarily to fill gaps in the availability of essential commodities”, according to a January…
HAS THE GLOBAL FUND’S FOCUS ON HIV TREATMENT AND CARE SHIFTED FROM QUALITY TO QUANTITY?
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…
NEWS FOR AND ABOUT THE GLOBAL FUND PARTNERSHIP
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…
NEWS FOR AND ABOUT THE GLOBAL FUND PARTNERSHIP
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…
GLOBAL FUND FINANCES MAJORITY OF INSECTICIDE-TREATED NETS FOR MALARIA GLOBALLY
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…
‘REALITIES ON THE GROUND’ FOR ASIA-PACIFIC CIVIL SOCIETY’S ENGAGEMENT IN GLOBAL FUND ‘COUNTRY DIALOGUE’ ARE IMPROVING
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…
HAS THE GLOBAL FUND’S FOCUS ON HIV TREATMENT AND CARE SHIFTED FROM QUALITY TO QUANTITY?
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…