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Combatting Malaria in Africa: African Constituency Bureau’s vital role and country experiences

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On 4th of June 2024, the African Constituency Bureau organized a webinar, “Empowering Africa: Collaborative Malaria Actions”. In all, 85 participants across the African constituencies and the technical partners gathered to deliberate on the malaria. The meeting shared innovative approaches, technologies, and interventions that have contributed to advancing malaria control and elimination efforts in some…

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Youth-Led Solutions: Engaging Young People in the Fight Against HIV, TB and Malaria

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Overview According to UNESCO’s 2020 World Youth Report, there are 1.2 billion people in the 15-24 age group, representing 16% of the world’s population. In 2019, about 230 million young people (aged 15 to 24 years) were living in Africa, representing around 19% of the world’s youth population. If we include young people under the…

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Prospects for the Sustainability of Global Fund Grants

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A meeting of the Cluster-Based Learning Network (CBLN) of the African Constituency Bureau (ACB) for West and Central Africa (WCA) was held in Dakar, Senegal on 12 – 14 December 2023. It brought together 12 countries from West and Central Africa (Benin, Burkina-Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, DRC, Senegal, Chad and Togo)…

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Unleashed Fury: Climate Change’s Assault on Health and the Battle Against Malaria

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Climate Change represents a profound threat to achieving the Global Fund’s mission and to the vulnerable countries, communities and people at the center of its strategy. 71% of Global Fund resources support the 50 most climate-vulnerable countries and 87% of the global malaria burden and Global Fund allocations for malaria are in these climate-vulnerable countries.…

Global Fund Secretariat Decisions on Burkina Faso – The Office of the Inspector General Weighs In

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The Global Fund’s Office of the Inspector General found that Burkina Faso was declared a Challenging Operating Environment two years late with non-compliance with the GF Secretariat-issued Operational Policy Note methodology. Since this led to the relevant analysis not being performed, this did not allow the country to be granted timely and appropriate flexibilities.

Discussing the challenging operating environment policy with stakeholders in the affected countries

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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…

Global Fund Policy Corner: Challenging Operating Environments

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The following information is taken primarily from the Challenging Operating Environment Policy   published in English and French on the Global Fund website What is it all about?  Challenging operating environments are countries or regions characterized by: Weak governance; Poor access to health services; and Man-made or natural crises. How is a country classified as a…