David Garmaise
A NEW GUIDE FOR IMPLEMENTING AND SCALING UP PROGRAMS TO REMOVE HUMAN RIGHTS-RELATED BARRIERS TO HIV SERVICES
In April 2020, the Global Fund, Frontline AIDS, and GIZ BACKUP Health – the three leading organizations in the fight against HIV/AIDS – partnered to publish a practical guide to implementing and scaling up programs to remove human rights-related barriers to HIV services. The Global Fund is a leading international financier of the response against HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria in…
THE GLOBAL FUND MAKES LAUDABLE EFFORTS TO TACKLE COVID-19, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN
Early March, the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria recognized the threat that the novel coronavirus that causes the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) poses to the health systems of its beneficiary countries. The Global Fund issued a first guidance note allowing countries to redeploy underutilized assets, repurpose grant savings and, in exceptional cases, reprogram up to 5% funding from existing…
OIG ADVISORY REVIEW IDENTIFIES OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN GLOBAL FUND EFFORTS TO REMOVE HUMAN RIGHTS-RELATED BARRIERS TO ACCESS
An advisory review by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has identified steps the Global Fund can take to strengthen its efforts to remove human rights-related barriers to accessing services for HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, even as it acknowledges that the Fund is “one of the leading organizations to include the removal of human rights-related barriers to services among…
