Africa: Additional Funding Urgently Needed As the Global Fund Runs Out of Covid-19 Funding

The Global Fund has disbursed close to $1 billion to support the COVID-19 response and mitigate the impact of the pandemic on HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria programs. The… Read more »

Central African Republic: Continuity of HIV, TB and Malaria Services in Challenging Operational Environments

The RAME, Réseau d'Accès aux Médicaments Essentiels (Access to Essential Medicines Network), commissioned a study in 2019 on community organizations' good… Read more »

Africa: The Global Fund Board Discusses the Development of Its Next Strategy

The Board of the Global Fund to fight HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria discussed the development of its next strategy at its 44th Board meeting. The discussion was based on the… Read more »

Africa: The Global Fund Is Generally Performing Well Against Its Key Performance Indicator Targets

The Global Fund has generally achieved its key performance indicators (KPI), according to the mid-2020 Strategic Performance Report presented to the Board on 11 and 12 November… Read more »

Africa: 'Delivering the Final Year of This Grant Cycle and Preparing for the Next One'

In his fourth annual report to the Global Fund Board since taking office in early 2019, Peter Sands delivered a well-articulated and specific speech on the challenges faced for the… Read more »

Cameroon: Updates On the Global Fund's Funding Cuts in Cameroon and the Covid-19 Situation

Global Fund withholds €10 million from Cameroon for failing to meet co-financing commitments Read more »

West Africa: Issues and Challenges of Program Management Units in West and Central African Countries

Over the past ten years, more Program Management Units (PMUs) have been established within Ministries of Health to attract funding from international donors. They receive funds,… Read more »

Africa: Global Health Actors Forge a Common Front to Combat COVID-19

On 24 April 2020, the Global Fund, the World Health Organization (WHO) and a range of global health actors launched the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, a global… Read more »

Africa: Procurement of COVID-19 Products Exempted From $50 Million Cap

On 7 July 2020, the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB), and Malaria, approved the Secretariat's request to use wambo.org for non-Global Fund financed… Read more »

Africa: Aids 2020 Conference Comes Amidst Reports of Missed Global Aids Targets

The 23rd edition of the world's largest conference on HIV, the International AIDS Conference, took place from 6 to 10 July 2020. The conference was initially scheduled to be held… Read more »

Africa: They Intervene At Each Step of the Global Fund Cycle

Technical assistants are a vital, although often invisible, part of the Global Fund grants, aiding at each step of the grant life cycle. They help write funding requests at the… Read more »

Africa: UNAIDS Technical Support Identifies Human Rights, Gender Barriers and Strengthens Global Fund Grants

Stigma indices and gender assessments have generated critical evidence Read more »

Africa: The Global Fund Should Leverage Public Accountability Institutions in Francophone Africa

Such collaboration would be win-win for countries and for the Global Fund Read more »

Togo: Poor Data Quality in Global Fund Grants in Togo but Supply Chain and Implementation Arrangements 'Partially Effective,' Says OIG

Togo's grant performance is superior to the regional average Read more »

Zambia: After 16 Years, Churches Health Association of Zambia Continues Its Success As Global Fund Grant Implementer

CHAZ leaders credit their success to "faith in God and in themselves" Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Global Fund Pressures Democratic Republic of Congo, Facing an Ebola Epidemic, to Fulfill Its Co-Financing Commitment

Penalty for non-compliance "for no justifiable reasons" can reduce the grants by up to 15% Read more »

Africa: Changing the Paradigm to End Tuberculosis

Community engagement to end TB in West and Central Africa Read more »

Rwanda: Global Fund Impact On Building and Strengthening a Health System - the Example of Rwanda

Rwanda was quick to respond to the opportunity the Global Fund presented to strengthen its health system Read more »

Africa: Global Fund Launches "Promise to All 7-Year-Olds" Call to Action, to End Epidemics of Aids, TB and Malaria By 2030

Campaign in support of the Sixth Replenishment target of 'at least $14 billion' Read more »

Africa: Supreme Audit Institutions in Africa Would Welcome an Opportunity to Start or Expand Their Involvement in Auditing Global Fund Grants

Aidspan organized a roundtable on "Audit of Global Fund Grants by SAIs (Supreme Audit Institutions) in Sub-Saharan Africa" in eight African countries on 24-26 April in Kigali,… Read more »

Malawi: Malawi Faces Wide-Ranging Challenges in Global Fund Grant Implementation

Malawi has made significant progress in the fight against HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria since it started receiving Global Fund funding in 2003; more than 90% of people living… Read more »