Africa: Civil Society Organizations Gather in Ghana to Increase Engagement in Global Fund Programs

Health advocates from across Africa share experiences, build capacity, and strategize on how to respond to HIV, TB and malaria Read more »

Africa: Gavi and the Global Fund - Collaborating for Impact and Efficiency

Sharing knowledge and coordinating political advocacy are two of the areas on which the organizations work together Read more »

Burkina Faso: GAC and TRP Comment On Global Fund Grants to Burkina Faso

Among the grants approved by the Board in December were HIV, TB/HIV and malaria grants for Burkina Faso. This article provides a summary of the comments of the Technical Review… Read more »

Zambia: Capacity Issues and Delays in Implementation Plague Otherwise Successful Global Fund Grants to Zambia, OIG Says

Despite substantial economic challenges, Zambia has successfully scaled up interventions across the three diseases. Nevertheless, issues concerning the capacity of health workers… Read more »

Africa: Board Approves Third Batch of Global Fund Grants Valued At $2.83 Billion

Sixty-two grants from 29 countries were approved Read more »

Nigeria: Global Fund Provides Update On Incentive Funding Awarded to Nigeria and India

The awards were conditional on the recipient countries coming up with matching funds Read more »

Africa: The Global Fund Forms Partnership to Find Missing Cases of TB

The Global Fund, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Stop TB Partnership and 13 countries with a high burden of TB have launched a program to find and treat an additional 1.5… Read more »

Africa: PEPFAR's New Strategy Has Implications for the Global Fund

PEPFAR will focus its resources in 13 priority countries Read more »

Africa: Appropriations Committees in U.S. Congress Vote to Maintain Funding for Global Fund and PEPFAR

President Trump had proposed cuts to both Read more »

Africa: Global Fund Agrees to accept in-Kind Payment for Recovery of $27 Million Owed by Ghana

Payment consists of reforms to enable the country to produce its Supply Chain Master Plan Read more »

Burkina Faso: Global Fund Board Approves Transfer of Funds Within the 2014-2016 Allocation to Burkina Faso

The Global Fund Board has approved the transfer of € 2.6 million from within the 2014-2016 allocation to Burkina Faso. The funds are being transferred from a TB/HIV grant and… Read more »

Africa: Activists Stunned By HIV Funding Decision

Eight grants worth nearly $60 million are affected by the decision Read more »

South Africa: Improvement Needed in HIV/Aids, TB Grants to South Africa, OIG Finds

Start-up delays and coordination challenges have hampered implementation Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania Requests $700 Million for HIV, TB and Malaria From the Global Fund

Two new civil society PRs will implement new and innovative programs Read more »

Uganda: Uganda CCM and the Global Fund At Odds Over Funding Request

Proposed program split and stand-alone RSSH component turned down Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Submits U.S.$630 Million TB/HIV Funding Request

The request has a strong focus on improving quality of care Read more »

Africa: What Went Wrong With the Selection Process for a New Executive Director?

Everyone agrees that the process was too rushed. Read more »

Africa: Global Fund to 'Restart' Search for New Executive Director

Board members chose not to consider either of the two short-listed candidates Read more »

Niger: The ITP Initiative Expects to Improve the Performance of Global Fund Grants in Niger

As a result of Niger's participation in the ITP, the country is now expect increased absorption rates of some grants. The country is one of those participating in the Global Fund's… Read more »

Africa: Fluctuating Currencies and the Implications for HIV and Aids Financing

From 1990 to 2015, gross domestic product (GDP) rose by an average annual rate of 3.86 percent in sub-Saharan Africa, compared to 2.79 percent for the world. Those differences are… Read more »