By Paul Nesara Many African countries are facing multi-faceted policy challenges, in part, due to the quality of data collected or the verticalized “big data” existing ecosystems that are not fully interrogated to generate evidence. Blumer et al., describe big data as “the extensive volume of information that individuals and agencies generate daily”.[1] There are…
Key points of the Post-2022 Strategy The Board meeting reaffirmed the importance of placing people and communities at the centre of the response to the three diseases as well as the importance of strong and sustainable systems in the fight against HIV, along with human rights, equity and gender issues.
On 8th June, 2021 ACB conducted its second virtual coffee session which focused on malaria resurgence in Africa. The virtual coffee sessions are part of the ACBs Africa Voice for the Global Fund Campaign and therefore, this session drew people from diverse backgrounds working on malaria mitigation from different angles. Sixty-three participants come to participate…
As stated in the preceding article, the 39th Global Board meeting approved six key policies – eligibility, Global Fund approach in non-eligible countries experiencing health crises, risk appetite framework, board leadership selection process, Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) code of conduct, CCM policy and CCM evolution including funding for it – all largely favorable to the…