The African Constituency Bureau in collaboration with the Global Fund Secretariat, WHO AFRO Regional Director’s Office, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Togo, held successful Global Fund 7th replenishment advocacy discussions on the margins of the 72nd WHO AFRO regional committee meeting in Lomé, Togo on 26th August 2022. The…
The 46th Global Fund Board meeting increased potential resources for tuberculosis while protecting HIV and malaria The Global Fund Board has just concluded its 46th meeting from 8th to 10th of November 2021. The Board has adopted a new Global Disease Split after much discussion over the months (See Aidspan Link). What is the Global…
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.
What were the key decisions made during the 39th Global Fund board meeting? The eligibility policy – with its broad implications to the levels of funding – was always going to be the elephant in the room. Given the spike in epidemics among some populations, particularly among Upper Middle-Income Countries (UMICs), affected stakeholders opened up…
The Kingdom of Swaziland hosted the ACB’s annual retreat from January 5-9, 2018. This retreat was under the theme “Achieving Africa’s Ability to End the Three Diseases: the role of a strong Bureau for Africa”.
In these meetings, countries do in-depth analyses on the progress and trends in eliminating the three epidemics, shared success stories and identified barriers and solutions to achieving desired outcomes. The learning networks provide an opportunity for identifying best practices and learning from each other and developing solutions to: 1) maximize the impact of available resources, 2) bridging the…