The campaign which is currently running for the next 5 months aims to create awareness (at a larger scale) and buy-in about priorities identified by African Constituencies , and ultimately influence the inclusion of the same in the next Global Fund Strategy; These priorities or ‘’top asks’’ have emerged from the…
At a moment when the 2020 deadline is practically ended, the most recent figures obtained from the National AIDS Control Committee (NACC) indicate that Cameroon records a score of 94-69-79 on the 90-90-90 targets set by UNAIDS. Thus, while the country can boast of having reached and even exceeded the first objective, which was that…
The UN Women has reported that since the outbreak of COVID-19, emerging data and reports from those on the front lines have shown that there has been an increase of all types of violence against women and girls, particularly domestic violence. This has been indeed been a period that has mostly affected Women and girls…
Although the experiences learned from HIV pandemic can be applied to the COVID-19 situation, these are one of the many sad stories that may indicate some retrogression towards the advances that have been made so far. After getting the right information on the current procedures of getting the drugs during COVID-19 at local clinics, Hamisa…
African countries are now facing the concurrent challenge of a high burden of communicable diseases, responding to and mitigating a pandemic, and at the same time experiencing economic shocks. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank estimate that total African Gross Domestic Product will contract by 3.6% in 2020 . This gloomy economic outlook…
This annual gathering,that took place just after country consultations during which Africa reflected on its priorities for the next Global Fund strategy, enabled countries to (i) Advance discussions on the Global Fund’s post-2022 strategy by further analyzing the issues identified in the Stakeholder Engagement Framework, with a view to identifying our key priorities for the…
In a period of eight weeks, the constituencies and other critical stakeholders met virtually to provide input into the Global Fund’s future post-2022 strategy. Consultations kicked-off on August 12, 2020 and brought together more than 500 delegates from across the continent and concluded on October 7, 2020. The Global Fund’s current strategy…
Meeting Objectives The objectives of the 2020 ACM are: 1. Advance the discussion on the post 2022 Global Fund strategy by distilling the issues identified in the stakeholder engagements to identify our top asks to the Global Fund 2. Update the Board Members, Communication Focal Points and members of the Board Select Committees to the…
As you know, the Africa Constituency Bureau (also named the Bureau) exists to facilitate collaboration across the two Constituencies and ensure that Africa’s voice is enhanced to influence Global Health policy decisions, ease effective engagement, representation and participation of the two Constituencies in Global Fund processes as well as enhance their capacity to shape Global…
For once, Africa is well represented in Global Fund committees. Indeed, seven Africans have been appointed by the Global Fund Board of Directors o to sit on the three Global Fund committees: the Audit and Finance Committee, the Ethics and Governance Committee and the Strategy Committee. They were selected to serve in their personal capacity.…
