Oliver Campbell White*
GLOBAL FUND-SUPPORTED PROGRAMS IN UGANDA FACE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES AMID THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND NATIONAL ELECTIONS
By the end of January 2021, Uganda had confirmed over 300,000 COVID-19 cases and more than 300 deaths. The country has introduced various measures to address the pandemic, including curfews, lockdowns, and physical distancing measures, since announcing its first case in March 2020. However, these measures, plus a rising number of cases, have disrupted health services, increased resource needs and shifted resources…
MALARIA: TWENTY YEARS OF INCREDIBLE PROGRESS, BUT THE HARDEST PART REMAINS
GFO: What progress have we made with the global response to malaria? RG, BR: According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2020 report on malaria, global malaria mortality fell by 60 percent over the 2000–2019 period. The Africa region has seen a decrease in the annual number of malaria deaths from 680 000 in 2000 to 384 000 in 2019. Southeast Asian countries…
THE GLOBAL FUND PUBLISHED REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS TO SELECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS
The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria published six requests for proposals (RFPs) to select technical assistance providers for its Community, Rights, and Gender (CRG) program. The program supports civil society and community organizations in meaningfully engaging with the Global Fund, during the grant’s lifecycle. The technical assistance providers will deliver short- and long-term capacity building for different…
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 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…
Greater Mekong Subregion multicountry grant to eliminate malaria focuses on artemisinin resistance
Shobha Shukla and Bobby Ramakant
