Following the case of Rwanda, one of the GF grants’ implementing countries, the Community Health Program was instituted in 1995 and started with just about 12,000 health workers and was initially conceived as a response to the major public health problems that had developed because of the previous year’s war and the 1994 Genocide against…
The Sustainability, Transition and Co-financing policy follows the Global Fund’s principle of additionality – the GF adds to local resources to fight the three diseases, it does not replace them. It spells out the domestic funding requirements from government in countries where the GF invests. Some conditions apply to all countries where the GF invests.…
Globally, new HIV infections declined by 44% between 2000 and 2021, missing the global target for a 75% reduction in new infections by 2020. The Global Fund Technical Evaluation Reference Group (TERG) published a thematic review on primary HIV prevention, in May 2021 to weigh in on discussions for the 2023-28 Global Fund Strategy. This…
Health has long been a complicated and tragic topic in Africa. By April 2001, Southern African Development Community (SADC) governments together with other African Union member states, had met in Abuja, Nigeria, and signed the Abuja Declaration on health in Africa. It was a historic moment as Africa pledged a new commitment to eliminating the…
The Global Fund’s new 2020-2023 grant implementation cycle has been launched with the expectation that it will produce greater results in the 23 countries of the West and Central African constituency. This builds on the fact that these countries have started to implement the recommendations of the Global Fund’s Office of the Inspector General, which…
The two African constituencies are represented mostly in pairs at the Global Fund three committees (the Strategy, Ethics and Governance; and at the Audit and Finances committees) and at the Board by the committee, board and alternate members representing the West and Central Africa and the East and South Africa. Both regions combine 46 African…
The International Conference on AIDS and STI’s in Africa (ICASA), 2021 edition was held in Durban, South Africa. Activists, scientists, community members and people working in the field of health from around the world discussed on scientific advances, shared experiences and made recommendations for advancing the collective efforts to end AIDS by 2030.
While progress in West and Central Africa is slow, East and Southern Africa is making significant progress that is bringing some of its States closer to eliminating this form of infection. Progress in the fight against mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS is mixed in sub-Saharan Africa. The UNAIDS 2021 report , released on 1st December 2021,…
The meeting served as a framework to delve into the consultative report of the Office of the Inspector General, in order to gather feedback from the constituency’s member countries. The OIG advisory report highlights some of the multiple socio-economic, security and political challenges facing the region that undermine the performance of Global Fund…