By Djesika Amendah The Global Fund to fight HIV, TB and malaria invests 52% of its considerable resources, 14 billion of USD for three years, to fight HIV. HIV in sub-Saharan Africa is mostly young girls’ and women disease; thus, a high proportion of children are born with or infected in infancy in Africa. Outside…
By Paul Nesara Many African countries are facing multi-faceted policy challenges, in part, due to the quality of data collected or the verticalized “big data” existing ecosystems that are not fully interrogated to generate evidence. Blumer et al., describe big data as “the extensive volume of information that individuals and agencies generate daily”.[1] There are…
On 27th August 2021, the African Constituency Bureau attended the passing of the torch caravan from Ethiopia to Tanzania organized by Global Fund Advocacy Network (GFAN), ending a week of activities to celebrate the 20th anniversary of GF in Ethiopia. Over the 20-year period, since its inception, the Global Fund partnership has saved 38 million lives and this was the greatest opportunity to reflect on the past 20 years of unfailing support to African Countries such as Ethiopia.
This interactive session held on 27 July 2021, saw subject experts, including participants from African Risk Capacity (ARC), WHO/AFRO, Ministry of Health of Kenya and ACB board members sharing their insights on priority areas to strengthen PPR in the continent. Key lessons learnt in the implementation of the COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response in African Constituencies[2] as well as policy recommendations for the Global Fund were discussed.
Before human behavior can be addressed, the mindset has to be understood. When it comes to consensual sex and HIV/AIDS transmission, the mind is where the first keg starts churning
Key points of the Post-2022 Strategy The Board meeting reaffirmed the importance of placing people and communities at the centre of the response to the three diseases as well as the importance of strong and sustainable systems in the fight against HIV, along with human rights, equity and gender issues.
Approximately 40 years after the onset of HIV/AIDS, the research community is still struggling to find a vaccine for the disease that continues to claim many lives around the world. There was even a feeling of despair when, in February 2020, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) in the United States announced…
On 8th June, 2021 ACB conducted its second virtual coffee session which focused on malaria resurgence in Africa. The virtual coffee sessions are part of the ACBs Africa Voice for the Global Fund Campaign and therefore, this session drew people from diverse backgrounds working on malaria mitigation from different angles. Sixty-three participants come to participate…
The ACB was formally launched in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 6th 2017 to support African countries in Global Fund governance processes through a resolution of African Health Ministers that dates back to 2012. The ACB, also known as the Bureau, brings together the two African Constituencies, the East and Southern Africa (ESA) and West and Central Africa (WCA) represented at the…
Since its emergence in December 2019 in China, COVID-19 has been attracting a lot of attention from the health community around the world. This situation is impacting the fight against other diseases, such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. In April 2021, the Global Fund produced a report entitled ‘Impact of COVID-19 on HIV, TB and…