The Global Fund’s 7th replenishment raised US$15.7 billion in pledges to be used for the 2023-2025 funding cycle. Implementing countries will soon receive their allocation letters indicating how much they can receive for the next cycle with a proposed split by component/disease. It is advisable to look at the Allocation Methododology to “determine the funding…
From a perceived death sentence to immense hope, a story from Cameroon As the Global Fund commemorates its 20th anniversary, I wish to share my experience and journey of 20 years of living with HIV. In 2001, pregnant and full of hope and confidence for the future, I discovered my HIV-positive status during an antenatal…
The two-day meeting that brought together 32 delegates from 13 countries classified as Challenging Operating Environments (COE) by the Global Fund has come to a close. The meeting, organized by the African Constituency Bureau, was launched on June 22 in Lomé (Togo) by Mrs. Zoutéhatou Kassah-Traoré, Minister of Public Works and Chairperson of the Country…
The Link Between Health and Domestic Resource Mobilization As a continent, Africa has lagged behind developmentally for far too long. The good news is its modern leaders are dissatisfied with the status quo and are eager for changes that will propel African nations towards a new age of technological advancement and economic power. Despite this…
In the 1990s, the disclosure of an HIV positive status was very often followed by a break in social and family bonds. The dreadful images surrounding the virus led to stigma, marginalization and discrimination of people living with HIV. While these people have gained greater acceptance in recent years, certain stigmatizing and discriminatory representations, perceptions…
The Annual Consultative Meeting of the Global Fund’s African Constituency Bureau is the opportunity to bring together the 46 countries of the African constituencies to exchange views on the policy issues which are the topics for discussion on the agenda for the Global Fund Board Meeting. This year is special. The African Constituency Bureau is celebrating…
This resistance, already reported in some countries of the continent, simply translates into longer recovery time. But it is feared that in the long term, it might cause the treatment to become totally ineffective. Malaria experts are concerned about the increasing resistance of the malaria pathogen Plasmodium falciparum to artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), the only…
Mr. Michel Sidibe, the African Special Envoy for the African Medicine Agency (AMA), held a virtual meeting with a section of African representatives to the Board and Committees of the Global Fund and the African Constituency Bureau (ACB) on the 3rd of March 2022. In the meeting were; Prof Pascal Niamba, the Board member for…
The Global Fund 7th replenishment investment case was unveiled during the Global Fund preparatory meeting, that was hosted virtually by a coalition of five countries namely; the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal and South Africa on February 23, 2022. The Global Fund’s target for the Seventh Replenishment aims at raising at least…
The fight against HIV, TB and malaria is very often focused on an exclusively hygienic, therapeutic or biomedical approach. This paper does not question the interest or the relevance of such an approach, but it suggests that we should resolutely broaden the scope of this fight to the borders of social inequalities. Actually, health as…