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 »

Ethiopia: Global Fund African Constituencies Meeting in Ethiopia Focuses On Absorptive Capacity

"Probably one of the most debated topics in the Global Fund environment," Secretariat says Read more »