David Garmaise
Grant renewals: Global Fund has become more prescriptive
The Global Fund has become more prescriptive about what should be included in submissions for funding for the next phase of a grant. While this trend began under the Grant Renewals Panel, the formation of the Grant Approvals Committee (GAC) in the second quarter of 2013 brought with it a noticeable upswing. The GAC, comprised of senior Secretariat officials and…
THE GLOBAL FUND REFLECTS ON ITS PROGRESS THUS FAR, ASSESSES THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 AND INVOKES THE ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARD POLICY ON PAKISTAN
The Global Fund: Results Report 2020 The Global Fund’s results report stated that, with its partners, they saved 38 million lives from AIDS, tubercolosis (TB), and malaria across the world since 2002 (when the Global Fund was established). About six million lives were saved in 2019 alone. In other words, without Global Fund interventions, six million people would have died. The report,…
New policy covers all grant extensions
David Garmaise
OPERATING BUDGET AND WORKPLAN FOR 2016 APPROVED
The Global Fund Board has approved an operating budget of $305 million for 2016, which includes $16.3 million for the Office of the Inspector General. This compares to actual expenditures of $286 million in 2014 and projected expenditures of $296 million for 2015. If the Fund spends the full $305 million for 2015, it will have spent $887 million for…
