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 Global Fund to fight HIV, TB and malaria invest in countries following a step-by-step process. It decides on the Global Disease Split using epidemiology and income category to obtain a formula-derived allocation per country. Then, the Global Fund conducts “qualitative adjustments”. What is the qualitative adjustment? Qualitative adjustments are refinements to formula-derived amounts (FDAs)…
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…
The Global Fund WCA board member and Minister of health of the Democratic Republic of Congo H.E Dr Jean Jacques Mbungani along with the leadership of the African Constituency Bureau for the Global Fund (ACB) met with Dr John Nkengasong Director of Africa CDC. Noting the fact that Global Health Institutions (GHIs) such as The…
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…