The Global Fund Investment Case: Is it enough?
ABSTRACT
This brief article on the investment case for $18 million for the Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment shows that this is an understandably cautious level and that more will be required if HIV, TB and malaria are to be eradicated.
MALARIA: TWENTY YEARS OF INCREDIBLE PROGRESS, BUT THE HARDEST PART REMAINS
ABSTRACT
According to the World Health Organization’s 2020 report on malaria, the global fight against malaria has made particularly significant progress over the past two decades. We discussed how we can continue to work towards eradicating malaria with Roberto Garcia (CEO Health Management Support Team) and Ben Rolfe (CEO Nascent Advisory and Former APLMA CEO), particularly through working with the private sector and civil society, who are key partners in a context where funding is tight and strategic approaches need to be revised.
COMMUNITIES REPORT REDUCED SUPPORT FROM THE GLOBAL FUND AND OTHER DONORS
ABSTRACT
In many growing economies, the criteria that donors have laid out for eligibility have resulted in those donors pulling out, says a report prepared for the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board on challenges to financing the community response to HIV. But a growing economy does not automatically translate into growing domestic support for communities.
AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS MUST INCREASE DOMESTIC FUNDING FOR MALARIA IN THE FACE OF REDUCED GLOBAL FUND ALLOCATIONS
ABSTRACT
With reduced funding for malaria, affected countries need to come up with new approaches in order to sustain the gains made in the fight against the disease. Countries must increase domestic funding in order to fill the gaps.
TANZANIA WILL USE ITS HIV GRANT EXTENSION TO COVER COSTS OF ARVS THROUGH TO THE END OF 2017
ABSTRACT
Additional funding of $109 million for Tanzania’s shortened HIV grant will allow the country to provide antiretroviral treatment to the end of 2017. About half of Tanzanians living with HIV are now receiving ARVs.
DONOR FUNDING FOR HIV DECLINES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS: REPORT
ABSTRACT
A report from the Kaiser Foundation and UNAIDS says that funding for HIV declined in 13 of 14 low- and middle-income countries assessed.
L’AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE ET CENTRALE À LA TRAÎNE DANS LA LUTTE CONTRE LE VIH : MSF
RÉSUMÉ
Selon Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), les pays de l’Afrique de l'Ouest et de l'Afrique centrale ne font pas aussi bien que d'autres régions dans la lutte contre le VIH. Trois personnes sur quatre qui ont besoin d'antirétroviraux ne peuvent pas y accéder. MSF affirme que cette région est trop dépendante d'un seul bailleur de fonds: le Fonds mondial.
WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA LAGGING BEHIND IN THE RESPONSE TO HIV: MSF
ABSTRACT
Médecins Sans Frontières says that countries and West and Central Africa are not doing as well as other regions in the fight against HIV. Three out every four people who need antiretrovirals can’t access them. MSF says that this region is too dependent on a single donor: The Global Fund.
LE FONDS MONDIAL ANNONCE QUE SES PROGRAMMES ONT SAUVÉ 17 MILLIONS DE VIES
RÉSUMÉ
Les programmes subventionnés par le Fonds mondial ont sauvé 17 millions de vies jusqu’à la fin 2014 selon le rapport d’activités 2015 publié par le Fonds le 21 septembre dernier. Le Fonds affirme être en bonne voie pour atteindre 22 millions de vie sauvées d’ici décembre 2016, date correspondant à la fin de la période de reconstitution des ressources (voir le graphique).
PROGRAMS SUPPORTED BY THE GLOBAL FUND SAVED 17 MILLION LIVES THROUGH THE END OF 2014, FUND SAYS
ABSTRACT
Used a revised methodology, the Global Fund estimates that through programs it supports, 17 million lives have been saved. This is almost double the figure of 8.7 million lives saved announced by the Fund in July 2012.