The African Constituency Bureau (ACB) in collaboration with Stop TB Partnership organized a Tuberculosis meeting for 17 African high-burden TB countries. The meeting principally aimed to support countries for the 2023-2025 Global Fund grant application and exchange views about improving political commitment and domestic financing for TB. The meeting held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from…
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…
Every three years, the Global Fund to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria holds a Replenishment Conference. The pledges thus received are used primarily to finance its various programmes. Notwithstanding the progress made over the past 20 years, the Fund is currently facing a health emergency that threatens to irreversibly divert the path towards eradicating these…
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…
The ACB has engaged in technical discussions with country implementers and CCMs of six countries with high burden of TB, HIV/TB and MDR-TB in Africa burden countries to better understand their situation and potential solutions on how to reduce TB burden without affecting malaria and HIV programs negatively. Countries involved in these discussions that were held virtually on 26th August 2021 are [1]Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and South Africa. The input of these countries and other ongoing consultations will help determine a position that reflects the possible variety of situations across the 46 countries of both our ESA and WCA constituencies.
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.