David Garmaise
COVID-19 HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON KEY POPULATIONS IN THE MENA REGION
GFO: Where did the idea of conducting this study on key populations and COVID-19 come from? Roy Wakim (RW): The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been particularly affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), more specifically Egypt, Maghreb countries and Yemen. An initial webinar on key populations and COVID-19 was organized by the [MENA] key populations’ platform,…
ONGOING ATTEMPT TO CHANGE KENYAāS 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…