HIV in children remains a major public health concern, and was a recurring topic, with at least four sessions devoted to the issue by various speakers at the 22nd International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) held in Harare, Zimbabwe. Due to slow progress in scaling up access to treatment for children living…
In opening the side event, African Voices, African Leadership: “A Dialogue to Advance the Partnership with the Global Fund” on the margins of the SADC health ministers meeting, Angola’s Minister of Health, H.E. Silvia Lutucuta, setting the scene for an hour of discussion, stressed the crucial need for health strategies that promote country ownership and…
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.…
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released three audit findings for Global Fund (GF)- supported programs in Uganda, South Africa, and Zimbabwe pointing out malfeasant conduct among recipients of GF resources in these countries; in violation of the GF’s Operational Framework for all the programs that receive GF support. At the time of publication of this summary, except for Zimbabwe, the Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCMs) for Uganda and South Africa had shared their reflections on the OIG findings.