Nicaragua

ABSTRACT In the latest batch of funding approvals from the Global Fund Board, three country grants and two multicountry grants were awarded $36 million. The Board also approved funding in the amount of $66 million for interventions on the Unfunded Quality Demand Register. Some of the funding for the UQD interventions came from private sector contributions.

RÉSUMÉ Le 12 novembre 2018, le Conseil d’administration du Fonds mondial a approuvé des financements d’une valeur de 98,0 millions de dollars pour 14 subventions provenant de 13 pays. Il a également approuvé deux subventions multipays d’une valeur de 12,5 millions de dollars et affecté 13,6 millions de dollars au financement d’interventions placées sur le registre des demandes de qualité non financées. Cet article fournit des renseignements sur le nombre de demandes de financement traitées, le nombre de subventions approuvées ainsi que les détails des commentaires du Comité d’approbation des subventions sur deux des subventions approuvées, celle du Monténégro et celle du Niger. Les commentaires détaillés concernant quatre autres subventions sont décrits dans un autre article du numéro 347 de la version anglaise de l’OFM.

ABSTRACT Of the $98 million approved by the Global Fund Board on 12 November 2018 for 14 country grants from 13 countries, $57.8 million went to countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region. This article repeats some of the overall grant approval information discussed in the first article on grant approvals in this issue, summarizes the LAC grants, and gives some detail on the Grant Approval Committee’s comments about the new grants for Belize, El Salvador, Panama and Paraguay.

ABSTRACT On 12 November 2018, the Global Fund Board approved funding in the amount of $98.0 million for 14 country grants from 13 countries. The Board also approved two multi-country grants valued at $12.5 million and awarded $13.6 million to fund interventions on the Register of Unfunded Quality Demand. This article provides information on the number of funding requests processed, numbers of grants approved, and details of the Grant Approvals Committee’s comments on two of the approved country grants: Montenegro and Niger. Details on comments for four other grants are described in another article in this issue.

ABSTRACT "In the past few years we have heard many announcements about scaling up plans and programs regarding HIV/AIDS treatment. But after the press coverage dies down, things don't seem to change very much for the people who need these drugs."