David Garmaise
ONGOING ATTEMPT TO CHANGE KENYA’S NON-STATE PRINCIPAL RECIPIENTS DERAIL FUNDING REQUEST SUBMISSION
As Global Fund grants will soon start a new 2021-2024 implementation cycle, the Kenya Coordinating Mechanism (KCM) exerted its prerogative to select non-State Principal Recipients (PR) for the HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria grants. The decision was met with dissent from civil society organizations. At the time of publication, the KCM had not publicly announced the non-state Principal Recipients for…
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS IN VENEZUELA CONCERNED THEY WERE NOT CONSULTED FOR THE MALARIA FUNDING REQUEST
Several Venezuelan civil society organizations (CSOs), former ministers of health, and academics wrote an open letter to the Global Fund to express their concern about the lack of participation of CSOs in the development of the country’s funding request to the Global Fund for the malaria grant. The letter, dated 20 June 2020, was addressed to the Global Fund Secretariat,…
THE GLOBAL FUND’S LATEST SURVEY SHOWS WIDESPREAD DISRUPTIONS TO HIV, TB, AND MALARIA TREATMENT DUE TO COVID-19
A series of reports on the effects of COVID-19 on the health sector, mainly on HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria services, have been published in recent weeks. This article highlights these reports and the main findings: COVID-19 and HIV: A tale of two pandemics The International AIDS Society, which convenes the biennial International AIDS 2020 Conference, released a report, in…
THE GLOBAL FUND TECHNICAL REVIEW PANEL PRAISES INNOVATIVE FUNDING REQUESTS AND WORRIES ABOUT IMPACT OF COVID-19
The Technical Review Panel (TRP’s) has just completed its assessment of the funding requests submitted within the first window in March. It is sending notifications to the Secretariat’s country teams and the Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCMs). Due to the disruptions caused by COVID-19, the TRP worked remotely to assess funding requests. This article presents the TRP’s preliminary observations on window…
AS COVID-19 TAKES HOLD IN AFRICA, WILL THE GLOBAL FUND ADJUST ITS APPLICATION WINDOWS FOR 2020-2022 FUNDING REQUESTS?
Countries in the West and Central Africa region face major challenges in developing concept notes for their next Global Fund grant applications, in the context of the rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus. Figure 1: Mapping COVID-19 in Africa; image from 17 March 2020 Source: WHO website While the African continent initially appeared to be relatively spared by the coronavirus,…
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